Chinese symbol for “butcher”
屠夫
tú fū
butcher; fig. murderous dictator
The closest CC-CEDICT match for butcher is 屠夫 (tú fū), defined as: butcher; fig. murderous dictator.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “butcher”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宰 | zǎi | to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge |
| 屠户 (屠戶) | tú hù | butcher |
| 肉贩 (肉販) | ròu fàn | butcher |
| 屠宰 | tú zǎi | to slaughter; to butcher |
| 宰杀 (宰殺) | zǎi shā | to slaughter (an animal for meat); to butcher |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 屠夫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屠杀 (屠殺) | tú shā | to massacre; to slaughter |
| 大屠杀 (大屠殺) | dà tú shā | massacre; mass slaughter |
| 屠宰 | tú zǎi | to slaughter; to butcher |
| 屠宰场 (屠宰場) | tú zǎi chǎng | slaughterhouse; abattoir |
| 屠刀 | tú dāo | butcher's knife; abattoir hatchet |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 夫人 | fū ren | lady; madam |
| 夫妻 | fū qī | husband and wife; married couple |
See also: Japanese symbol for “butcher”.
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.