chuàng

sad

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

倉 sound component

  Sound component

cāng

  

granary

Evolution

愴 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
愴 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
愴 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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chuàng

sad, broken-hearted, disconsolate; mournful; sad; grieved; sorry

Most common words with 愴
Freq.
Word
Meaning

悲怆

sorrow

sad

凄怆

pitiful