Chinese symbol for “sore”
疮
chuāng
Traditional: 瘡
sore; skin ulcer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sore is 疮 (chuāng), defined as: sore; skin ulcer.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sore”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疼 | téng | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly |
| 疮疡 (瘡瘍) | chuāng yáng | sore; skin ulcer |
| 酸 | suān | sour; tart |
| 瘩 | dá | sore; boil |
| 疖 (癤) | jiē | pimple; sore |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 疮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 痔疮 (痔瘡) | zhì chuāng | hemorrhoid |
| 千疮百孔 (千瘡百孔) | qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng | see 百孔千疮 (bǎi kǒng qiān chuāng) |
| 痤疮 (痤瘡) | cuó chuāng | acne |
| 冻疮 (凍瘡) | dòng chuāng | frostbite; chilblains |
| 满目疮痍 (滿目瘡痍) | mǎn mù chuāng yí | a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom) |
| 红斑狼疮 (紅斑狼瘡) | hóng bān láng chuāng | (medicine) lupus erythematosus |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sore”.
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.