Chinese symbol for “condemn”
谴责
qiǎn zé
Traditional: 譴責
to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for condemn is 谴责 (qiǎn zé), defined as: to denounce; to condemn; to criticize; condemnation; criticism.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “condemn”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声讨 (聲討) | shēng tǎo | to denounce; to condemn |
| 斗 (鬥) | dòu | to fight; to struggle |
| 判处 (判處) | pàn chǔ | to sentence; to condemn |
| 处刑 (處刑) | chǔ xíng | to sentence; to condemn |
| 问罪 (問罪) | wèn zuì | to denounce; to condemn |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 谴责.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呵谴 (呵譴) | hē qiǎn | to reprimand |
| 天谴 (天譴) | tiān qiǎn | the wrath of Heaven; imperial displeasure |
| 自谴 (自譴) | zì qiǎn | to blame oneself; self-recrimination |
| 诃谴 (訶譴) | hē qiǎn | variant of 呵谴 (hē qiǎn) |
| 谴呵 (譴呵) | qiǎn hē | variant of 谴诃 (qiǎn hē) |
| 负责 (負責) | fù zé | to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious |
| 责任 (責任) | zé rèn | responsibility; duty; liability |
| 负责人 (負責人) | fù zé rén | person in charge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “condemn”.
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.