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Chinese symbol for “corrupt”

毒害
dú hài
to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt; pernicious influence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for corrupt is 毒害 (dú hài), defined as: to harm (sb's health) with narcotics etc; to poison (people's minds); to corrupt; pernicious influence.

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

毒 dú
poison, venom; drug, narcotic
radical 80 ⽏ · 9 strokes
害 hài
to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “corrupt”

WordPinyinMeaning
腐败 (腐敗)fǔ bàicorruption; to corrupt
蛀蚀 (蛀蝕)zhù shíto corrupt; to erode
堕落 (墮落)duò luòto degrade; to degenerate
贪 (貪)tānto have a voracious desire for; to covet
败坏 (敗壞)bài huàito ruin; to corrupt

Related words

Other words that share a character with 毒害.

WordPinyinMeaning
病毒bìng dúvirus
毒品dú pǐndrugs; narcotics
有毒yǒu dúpoisonous
中毒zhòng dúto be poisoned
毒药 (毒藥)dú yàopoison
吸毒xī dúto take drugs
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm
害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared

See also: Japanese symbol for “corrupt”.

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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