Chinese symbol for “victim”
受害人
shòu hài rén
victim
The closest CC-CEDICT match for victim is 受害人 (shòu hài rén), defined as: victim.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “victim”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被害人 | bèi hài rén | victim |
| 灾民 (災民) | zāi mín | victim (of a disaster) |
| 遇难者 (遇難者) | yù nàn zhě | victim; fatality |
| 被害者 | bèi hài zhě | victim (of a wounding or murder) |
| 事主 | shì zhǔ | victim (of a criminal); party involved (in a dispute etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 受害人.
| 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 |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “victim”.
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.