Chinese symbol for “tragic”
悲剧性
bēi jù xìng
Traditional: 悲劇性
tragic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tragic is 悲剧性 (bēi jù xìng), defined as: tragic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tragic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惨 (慘) | cǎn | miserable; wretched |
| 悲惨 (悲慘) | bēi cǎn | miserable; tragic |
| 悲怆 (悲愴) | bēi chuàng | sorrow; tragic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悲剧性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 悲剧 (悲劇) | bēi jù | tragedy; 出 (chū) |
| 悲伤 (悲傷) | bēi shāng | sad; sorrowful |
| 悲惨 (悲慘) | bēi cǎn | miserable; tragic |
| 可悲 | kě bēi | lamentable |
| 悲哀 | bēi āi | grieved; sorrowful |
| 悲观 (悲觀) | bēi guān | pessimistic |
| 电视剧 (電視劇) | diàn shì jù | TV series; TV drama |
| 戏剧 (戲劇) | xì jù | a drama; a play; theater; script of a play |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tragic”.
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.