cǎn

tragic; miserable; wretched

HSK 6 #1530

Character data

HSK 6
Frequency 1530th character
Radical ⼼ (61.8)
Strokes 11
Index # 2449
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

惨 cǎn
  1. 1. tragic
  2. 2. miserable
  3. 3. wretched
  4. 4. disastrous
  5. 5. gloomy
  6. 6. dim
  7. 7. cruel
  8. 8. inhuman

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Words containing 惨

Word Meaning
miserable; tragic
tragedy; calamity; atrocity
disastrous
to suffer (defeat, death etc)
spectacle too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic sight
to scream; miserable shriek; blood-curdling screech
to suffer a crushing defeat
painful; deeply distressed; bitter
to die tragically; to meet with a violent death
miserable; mournful; plaintive
massacre; tragedy
bitter; desperate
brutal and unfeeling; inhuman (idiom)
extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality
gloomy; dismal; dark
miserable condition; devastation
deathly pale
terrible tragedy; grave mishap
to manage by painstaking effort (idiom)
to kill mercilessly; to slaughter
tragic event; disastrous turn
(idiom) too appalling to look at
the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
Les Misérables; miserable world
too horrible to endure (idiom); tragic spectacle
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