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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “animosity”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 仇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仇恨 | chóu hèn | to hate; hatred |
| 报仇 (報仇) | bào chóu | to take revenge; to avenge |
| 复仇 (復仇) | fù chóu | to avenge; vengeance |
| 仇视 (仇視) | chóu shì | to view sb as an enemy; to be hateful towards |
| 仇人 | chóu rén | foe; one's personal enemy |
| 仇敌 (仇敵) | chóu dí | enemy |
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.