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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “defame”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诋 (詆) | dǐ | to defame; to slander |
| 毁 (毀) | huǐ | to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander |
| 毁 (譭) | huǐ | variant of 毁 (huǐ); to defame |
| 中伤 (中傷) | zhòng shāng | to slander; to defame; to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded |
| 抹黑 | mǒ hēi | to discredit; to defame |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丑化.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑闻 (醜聞) | chǒu wén | scandal |
| 丑陋 (醜陋) | chǒu lòu | ugly |
| 小丑 | xiǎo chǒu | clown |
| 丑恶 (醜惡) | chǒu è | ugly; repulsive |
| 丑事 (醜事) | chǒu shì | scandal |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
| 现代化 (現代化) | xiàn dài huà | modernization; 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.