Chinese symbol for “sympathize”
悯
mǐn
Traditional: 憫
to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sympathize is 悯 (mǐn), defined as: to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion for; (literary) to feel sorrow; to be grieved.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sympathize”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恤 (卹) | xù | anxiety; sympathy |
| 恤 | xù | anxiety; sympathy |
| 感同身受 | gǎn tóng shēn shòu | to feel as if it had happened to oneself; to sympathize |
| 矜 | jīn | to boast; to esteem |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 怜悯 (憐憫) | lián mǐn | to take pity on; pity |
| 悲悯 (悲憫) | bēi mǐn | to take pity on sb; compassionate |
| 悲天悯人 (悲天憫人) | bēi tiān mǐn rén | to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind |
| 哀悯 (哀憫) | āi mǐn | to take pity on; to feel sorry for |
| 悯惜 (憫惜) | mǐn xī | to feel compassion for |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sympathize”.
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.