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Chinese symbol for “defame”

丑化
chǒu huà
Traditional: 醜化
to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear

The closest CC-CEDICT match for defame is 丑化 (chǒu huà), defined as: to defame; to libel; to defile; to smear; to vilify.

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

丑 chǒu
ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “defame”

WordPinyinMeaning
诋 (詆)dǐto defame; to slander
毁 (毀)huǐto destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander
毁 (譭)huǐvariant of 毁 (huǐ); to defame
中伤 (中傷)zhòng shāngto slander; to defame; to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded
抹黑mǒ hēito discredit; to defame

Related words

Other words that share a character with 丑化.

WordPinyinMeaning
丑闻 (醜聞)chǒu wénscandal
丑陋 (醜陋)chǒu lòuugly
小丑xiǎo chǒuclown
丑恶 (醜惡)chǒu èugly; repulsive
丑事 (醜事)chǒu shìscandal
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
现代化 (現代化)xiàn dài huàmodernization; 个 (gè)

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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