Chinese symbol for “tribulation”
磨难
mó nàn
Traditional: 磨難
a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tribulation is 磨难 (mó nàn), defined as: a torment; a trial; tribulation; a cross (to bear); well-tried.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磨难.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折磨 | zhé mó | to torment; to torture |
| 琢磨 | zhuó mó | to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work |
| 磨损 (磨損) | mó sǔn | to suffer wear and tear; to deteriorate through use; to wear out |
| 消磨 | xiāo mó | to wear down; to sap |
| 困难 (困難) | kùn nan | difficult; challenging |
| 难道 (難道) | nán dào | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? |
| 难以 (難以) | nán yǐ | hard to (predict, imagine etc) |
| 难过 (難過) | nán guò | to feel sad; to feel unwell |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tribulation”.
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.