Chinese symbol for “sufferer”
受难者
shòu nàn zhě
Traditional: 受難者
sufferer; a victim of a calamity; a person in distress
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sufferer is 受难者 (shòu nàn zhě), defined as: sufferer; a victim of a calamity; a person in distress.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sufferer”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 受难者.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 接受 | jiē shòu | to accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy; to live it up |
| 受伤 (受傷) | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc) |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 记者 (記者) | jì zhě | reporter; journalist; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sufferer”.
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.