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Chinese symbol for “alienate”

疏远
shū yuǎn
Traditional: 疏遠
to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alienate is 疏远 (shū yuǎn), defined as: to drift apart; to become estranged; to alienate; estrangement.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

疏 shū
to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless
radical 103 ⽦ · 12 strokes
远 yuǎn
distant, remote, far; profound
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 疏远.

WordPinyinMeaning
疏散shū sǎnidle; leisurely; laid-back; Taiwan pr. [shu1san4]
疏忽shū huto neglect; to overlook
疏导 (疏導)shū dǎoto dredge; to open up a path for
疏通shū tōngto unblock; to dredge
永远 (永遠)yǒng yuǎnforever; eternal
远离 (遠離)yuǎn líto be far from; to keep away from
遥远 (遙遠)yáo yuǎndistant; remote
远远 (遠遠)yuǎn yuǎndistant; by far

See also: Japanese symbol for “alienate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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