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Chinese symbol for “defendant”

被告
bèi gào
(law) the defendant; the accused

The closest CC-CEDICT match for defendant is 被告 (bèi gào), defined as: (law) the defendant; the accused.

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

被 bèi
bedding; a passive particle meaning "by"
radical 145 ⾐ · 11 strokes
告 gào
to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “defendant”

WordPinyinMeaning
被告人bèi gào réndefendant (in legal case)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 被告.

WordPinyinMeaning
被捕bèi bǔto be arrested; under arrest
被迫bèi pòto be compelled; to be forced
被动 (被動)bèi dòngpassive
被害人bèi hài rénvictim
被控bèi kòngto be charged; to be accused (of an offense)
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
告诉 (告訴)gào sùto press charges; to file a complaint
广告 (廣告)guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial

See also: Japanese symbol for “defendant”.

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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