Chinese symbol for “startling”
噩
è
startling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for startling is 噩 (è), defined as: startling.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “startling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 语惊四座 (語驚四座) | yǔ jīng sì zuò | to make a remark that startles everyone present (idiom); (of a remark) startling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 噩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 噩梦 (噩夢) | è mèng | nightmare |
| 噩耗 | è hào | news of sb's death; sad news |
| 浑浑噩噩 (渾渾噩噩) | hún hún è è | (idiom) muddleheaded |
| 噩运 (噩運) | è yùn | variant of 厄运 (è yùn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “startling”.
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.