贼 — Chinese character
贼
zéi
thief, traitor; cunning, sly
- Pinyin
- zéi
- Radical
- 154 ⾙ (Shell)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 贝 戎
- Formation
- pictophonetic — weapons; meaning component 戎; sound component 贝
- Traditional
- 賊
Common words with 贼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盗贼 (盜賊) | dào zéi | robber |
| 卖国贼 (賣國賊) | mài guó zéi | traitor |
| 海贼 (海賊) | hǎi zéi | pirate |
| 国贼 (國賊) | guó zéi | traitor to the nation |
| 反贼 (反賊) | fǎn zéi | (imperial China) rebel; traitor; (post-1949) enemy of the state; counter-revolutionary |
| 乌贼 (烏賊) | wū zéi | cuttlefish |
| 窃贼 (竊賊) | qiè zéi | thief |
| 狗贼 (狗賊) | gǒu zéi | (insult) brigand; swindler |
| 抓贼 (抓賊) | zhuā zéi | to catch a thief |
| 山贼 (山賊) | shān zéi | brigand |
| 工贼 (工賊) | gōng zéi | strikebreaker; scab; traitor to the working class |
| 飞贼 (飛賊) | fēi zéi | cat burglar; burglar who gains entrance by scaling walls |
English words written with 贼
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.