Chinese symbol for “censorship”
审查
shěn chá
Traditional: 審查
to examine; to investigate; to censor out; censorship
The closest CC-CEDICT match for censorship is 审查 (shěn chá), defined as: to examine; to investigate; to censor out; censorship.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “censorship”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 审查.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 审判 (審判) | shěn pàn | a trial; to try sb |
| 审议 (審議) | shěn yì | (of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider; to discuss |
| 审核 (審核) | shěn hé | to audit; to investigate thoroughly |
| 审批 (審批) | shěn pī | to examine and approve; to endorse |
| 审理 (審理) | shěn lǐ | to hear (a case) |
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 检查 (檢查) | jiǎn chá | inspection; to examine |
| 查看 | chá kàn | to look over; to examine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “censorship”.
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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