Chinese symbol for “brute”
畜生
chù sheng
domestic animal; brute; bastard
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brute is 畜生 (chù sheng), defined as: domestic animal; brute; bastard.
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 畜生.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牲畜 | shēng chù | farm animal; livestock |
| 畜牧 | xù mù | to raise animals |
| 家畜 | jiā chù | domestic animal; livestock |
| 畜牧业 (畜牧業) | xù mù yè | animal husbandry; stock raising |
| 畜牲 | chù shēng | variant of 畜生 (chù sheng) |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brute”.
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.