惨

cǎn

sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel

How to write 惨, stroke by stroke

miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy

Pictophonetic: semantic 忄 (heart), phonetic 参

Made of 忄 + 参

悲惨bēi cǎnmiserable; tragic
惨剧cǎn jùtragedy; calamity; atrocity
凄惨qī cǎnplaintive; mournful; miserable
惨遭cǎn zāoto suffer (defeat, death etc)
惨痛cǎn tòngbitter; painful; deeply distressed
惨死cǎn sǐto die tragically; to meet with a violent death
惨败cǎn bàito suffer a crushing defeat
惨重cǎn zhòngdisastrous
惨烈cǎn lièbitter; desperate
惨叫cǎn jiàoto scream; blood-curdling screech; miserable shriek
惨案cǎn ànmassacre; tragedy
惨不忍睹cǎn bù rěn dǔlit. so horrible that one cannot bear to look (idiom); fig. miserable; horrendous; atrocious

这个故事有一个悲惨的结局。
zhè ge gù shì yǒu yí gè bēi cǎn de jié jú 。
This story has a sad ending.
这种人注定惨败。
zhè zhǒng rén zhù dìng cǎn bài 。
Such a man is bound to fail.