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Chinese symbol for “amnesty”

大赦
dà shè
amnesty; general pardon

The closest CC-CEDICT match for amnesty is 大赦 (dà shè), defined as: amnesty; general pardon.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
赦 shè
to forgive, to pardon, to remit
radical 155 ⾚ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “amnesty”

WordPinyinMeaning
赦令shè lìngamnesty; pardon

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大赦.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
赦免shè miǎnto pardon; to absolve
特赦tè shèto grant a special pardon

See also: Japanese symbol for “amnesty”.

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.