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Chinese symbol for “blasphemy”

冒渎
mào dú
Traditional: 冒瀆
to disrespect; blasphemy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blasphemy is 冒渎 (mào dú), defined as: to disrespect; blasphemy.

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Characters and stroke order

冒 mào
to risk, to brave, to dare
radical 13 ⼌ · 9 strokes
渎 dú
ditch, sluice, gutter, drain
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 冒渎.

WordPinyinMeaning
冒险 (冒險)mào xiǎnto take risks; to take chances
感冒gǎn màoto catch cold; (common) cold
冒犯mào fànto offend
假冒jiǎ màoto impersonate; to pose as (someone else)
冒充mào chōngto feign; to pretend to be
冒烟 (冒煙)mào yānto discharge smoke; to fume with rage
亵渎 (褻瀆)xiè dú(literary) to blaspheme; to desecrate; to profane
渎职 (瀆職)dú zhíto engage in malfeasance; derelict in duty

See also: Japanese symbol for “blasphemy”.

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.