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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.

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

受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
难 nàn
hard, difficult, arduous; unable
radical 172 ⾫ · 10 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sufferer”

WordPinyinMeaning
患者huàn zhěpatient; sufferer
病患bìng huànillness; disease

Related words

Other words that share a character with 受难者.

WordPinyinMeaning
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
享受xiǎng shòuto enjoy; to live it up
受伤 (受傷)shòu shāngto sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc)
受害者shòu hài zhěcasualty; victim
困难 (困難)kùn nandifficult; challenging
难道 (難道)nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; 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.

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