Chinese symbol for “worrying”
堪忧
kān yōu
Traditional: 堪憂
worrying; bleak
The closest CC-CEDICT match for worrying is 堪忧 (kān yōu), defined as: worrying; bleak.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “worrying”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 堪忧.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不堪 | bù kān | cannot bear; cannot stand |
| 难堪 (難堪) | nán kān | hard to take; embarrassed |
| 堪称 (堪稱) | kān chēng | can be rated as; can be said to be |
| 不堪一击 (不堪一擊) | bù kān yī jī | (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow |
| 疲惫不堪 (疲憊不堪) | pí bèi bù kān | exhausted; fatigued to the extreme |
| 担忧 (擔憂) | dān yōu | to worry; to be concerned |
| 忧虑 (憂慮) | yōu lǜ | to worry; anxiety (about) |
| 忧郁 (憂鬱) | yōu yù | sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected |
See also: Japanese symbol for “worrying”.
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.