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Chinese symbol for “animosity”

仇
chóu
hatred; animosity; enmity; foe

The closest CC-CEDICT match for animosity is 仇 (chóu), defined as: hatred; animosity; enmity; foe; enemy; to feel animosity toward (the wealthy, foreigners etc).

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

仇 chóu
enemy; hatred, enmity
radical 9 ⼈ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “animosity”

WordPinyinMeaning
嫌隙xián xìhostility; animosity
怒恨nù hènextreme hatred; animosity

Related words

Other words that share a character with 仇.

WordPinyinMeaning
仇恨chóu hènto hate; hatred
报仇 (報仇)bào chóuto take revenge; to avenge
复仇 (復仇)fù chóuto avenge; vengeance
仇视 (仇視)chóu shìto view sb as an enemy; to be hateful towards
仇人chóu rénfoe; one's personal enemy
仇敌 (仇敵)chóu díenemy

See also: Japanese symbol for “animosity”.

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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