惨

惨

See also: 慘

惨 U+60E8, 惨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-60E8 ← 惧 [U+60E7] CJK Unified Ideographs 惩 → [U+60E9]

Translingual

Japanese	惨
Simplified	惨
Traditional	慘

Han character

惨 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 心戈大竹 (PIKH), composition ⿰忄参(GHJK) or ⿰忄叁(T))

Related characters

• 慘 (Traditional form of 惨)

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 392, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10850
• Dae Jaweon: page 728, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2320, character 1
• Unihan data for U+60E8

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 惨 – see 慘 (“cruel; vicious; malicious; severe; crushing; heavy; etc.”). (This character, 惨, is the simplified and variant form of 慘.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	惨
Kyūjitai	慘

Kanji

惨

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 慘)

1. wretched

Readings

• Go-on: そん (son)
• Kan-on: さん (san, Jōyō)
• Kan’yō-on: ざん (zan, Jōyō)
• Kun: みじめ (mijime, 惨め, Jōyō); いたむ (itamu, 惨む)

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Korean

Hanja

惨 • (cham, chim) (hangeul 참, 침, revised cham, chim, McCune–Reischauer ch'am, ch'im, Yale cham, chim)

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Vietnamese

Han character

惨: Hán Nôm readings: thảm, thom

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References

• Nom Foundation