# 慘 U+6158 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6158

A Chinese character meaning “sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel”, read cǎn in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `慘` |
| Codepoint | U+6158 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6158 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `慘` `慘` |
| CSS | `\6158` |
| JavaScript | `\u6158` |
| UTF-8 | E6 85 98 |
| UTF-16 | 6158 |
| Definition | sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel |
| Mandarin | cǎn |
| Cantonese | caam2 |
| Japanese | SAN ZAN MIJIME |
| Korean | CHAM CHIM |

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- 慕 [U+6155 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6155](https://unicodekit.com/char/6155)
- 慛 [U+615B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-615B](https://unicodekit.com/char/615B)
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- 慜 [U+615C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-615C](https://unicodekit.com/char/615C)
- 慓 [U+6153 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6153](https://unicodekit.com/char/6153)
- 慝 [U+615D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-615D](https://unicodekit.com/char/615D)
- 慒 [U+6152 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6152](https://unicodekit.com/char/6152)
- 慞 [U+615E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-615E](https://unicodekit.com/char/615E)

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