Chinese symbol for “troubled”
恓
xī
troubled; vexed
The closest CC-CEDICT match for troubled is 恓 (xī), defined as: troubled; vexed.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “troubled”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耿耿 | gěng gěng | bright; devoted |
| 愦 (憒) | kuì | confused; troubled |
| 穷愁 (窮愁) | qióng chóu | destitute; troubled |
| 挂怀 (掛懷) | guà huái | concerned; troubled |
| 方寸已乱 (方寸已亂) | fāng cùn yǐ luàn | (idiom) confused; troubled |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恓惶 | xī huáng | busy and restless; unhappy |
See also: Japanese symbol for “troubled”.
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.