Chinese symbol for “torments”

受罪

shòu zuì

to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments

The closest CC-CEDICT match for torments is 受罪 (shòu zuì), defined as: to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance.

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Characters and stroke order

受 shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes

罪 zuì

sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime

radical 122 ⽹ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 受罪.

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
犯罪	fàn zuì	to commit a crime; crime; offense
罪犯	zuì fàn	criminal

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.