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Chinese symbol for “censor”

和谐
hé xié
Traditional: 和諧
harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for censor is 和谐 (hé xié), defined as: harmonious; harmony; (euphemism) to censor.

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

和 hé
harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
谐 xié
to joke, to jest; to harmonize, to agree
radical 149 ⾔ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “censor”

WordPinyinMeaning
删剪 (刪剪)shān jiǎnto cut (from a movie etc); to censor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 和谐.

WordPinyinMeaning
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
共和国 (共和國)gòng hé guórepublic
和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
共和gòng hérepublic; republicanism
温和 (溫和)wēn hémild; gentle
谐音 (諧音)xié yīnhomonym; homophone
诙谐 (詼諧)huī xiéhumorous; jocular
谐波 (諧波)xié bōharmonic (wave with frequency an integer multiple of the fundamental)

See also: Japanese symbol for “censor”.

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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