Chinese symbol for “covet”
贪图
tān tú
Traditional: 貪圖
to covet; to seek (riches, fame)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for covet is 贪图 (tān tú), defined as: to covet; to seek (riches, fame).
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 “covet”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼红 (眼紅) | yǎn hóng | to covet; envious |
| 觊 (覬) | jì | to covet; to long for |
| 眼馋 (眼饞) | yǎn chán | to covet; to envy |
| 眼热 (眼熱) | yǎn rè | to covet; envious |
| 贪 (貪) | tān | to have a voracious desire for; to covet |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贪图.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
| 贪婪 (貪婪) | tān lán | avaricious; greedy |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
| 贪官 (貪官) | tān guān | corrupt official; grasping functionary |
| 贪心 (貪心) | tān xīn | greedy |
| 贪污腐败 (貪污腐敗) | tān wū fǔ bài | corruption |
| 图片 (圖片) | tú piàn | picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng) |
| 地图 (地圖) | dì tú | map; 张 (zhāng),本 (běn) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “covet”.
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.