Chinese symbol for “shrill”

尖厉

jiān lì

Traditional: 尖厲

shrill (voice)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shrill is 尖厉 (jiān lì), defined as: shrill (voice).

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Characters and stroke order

尖 jiān

sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd

radical 42 ⼩ · 6 strokes

厉 lì

whetstone; to grind, to sharpen, to whet

radical 27 ⼚ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

厲 lì

Other Chinese words for “shrill”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
尖	jiān	pointed; tapering; sharp; (of a sound) shrill; piercing
尖利	jiān lì	sharp; keen

Related words

Other words that share a character with 尖厉.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
尖锐 (尖銳)	jiān ruì	sharp; intense
顶尖 (頂尖)	dǐng jiān	peak; apex
尖叫	jiān jiào	to screech; to shriek
尖端	jiān duān	sharp pointed end; the tip
尖峰	jiān fēng	sharp peak (landform); (fig.) peak
指尖	zhǐ jiān	fingertip
厉害 (厲害)	lì hai	(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a
严厉 (嚴厲)	yán lì	severe; strict

See also: Japanese symbol for “shrill”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.