Chinese symbol for “unfeeling”
冷酷
lěng kù
unfeeling; callous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unfeeling is 冷酷 (lěng kù), defined as: unfeeling; callous.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unfeeling”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷酷无情 (冷酷無情) | lěng kù wú qíng | cold-hearted; unfeeling; callous |
| 心硬 | xīn yìng | hard-hearted; unfeeling; callous |
| 铁石心肠 (鐵石心腸) | tiě shí xīn cháng | to have a heart of stone; hard-hearted |
| 寡情 | guǎ qíng | heartless; unfeeling |
| 不知痛痒 (不知痛癢) | bù zhī tòng yǎng | numb; unfeeling |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冷酷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冷静 (冷靜) | lěng jìng | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet |
| 冷战 (冷戰) | lěng zhàn | cold war; (fig.) strained relationship |
| 寒冷 | hán lěng | cold (climate); frigid |
| 冷漠 | lěng mò | cold and detached towards sb; lack of regard |
| 冷却 (冷卻) | lěng què | (lit. and fig.) to cool |
| 残酷 (殘酷) | cán kù | cruel; harsh; merciless |
| 酷刑 | kù xíng | cruelty; torture |
| 严酷 (嚴酷) | yán kù | bitter; harsh |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unfeeling”.
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.