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Chinese symbol for “worried”

担心
dān xīn
Traditional: 擔心
anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry

The closest CC-CEDICT match for worried is 担心 (dān xīn), defined as: anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

担 dān
to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “worried”

WordPinyinMeaning
心焦xīn jiāoworried; anxious
急jíurgent; pressing
悝lǐworried; afflicted
不安bù ānunpeaceful; unstable
焦虑 (焦慮)jiāo lǜanxious; worried

Related words

Other words that share a character with 担心.

WordPinyinMeaning
担任 (擔任)dān rènto hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of
承担 (承擔)chéng dānto undertake; to assume (responsibility etc)
负担 (負擔)fù dānto bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
担忧 (擔憂)dān yōuto worry; to be concerned
担当 (擔當)dān dāngto take upon oneself; to assume
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
关心 (關心)guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about
核心hé xīncore; nucleus

See also: Japanese symbol for “worried”.

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.

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