Chinese symbol for “wailing”
凄梗
qī gěng
(literary) wailing; choking with sobs
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wailing is 凄梗 (qī gěng), defined as: (literary) wailing; choking with sobs.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 凄梗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凄惨 (悽慘) | qī cǎn | plaintive; mournful |
| 凄凉 (悽涼) | qī liáng | mournful; miserable |
| 凄苦 (悽苦) | qī kǔ | bleak; miserable |
| 凄美 (淒美) | qī měi | poignant; sad and beautiful |
| 凄厉 (淒厲) | qī lì | mournful (sound) |
| 梗概 | gěng gài | broad outline; gist; summary |
| 桔梗 | jié gěng | Chinese bellflower; balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus) |
| 心肌梗塞 | xīn jī gěng sè | (Tw) myocardial infarction; heart attack |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wailing”.
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.