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Chinese symbol for “destructive”

有害
yǒu hài
destructive; harmful; damaging

The closest CC-CEDICT match for destructive is 有害 (yǒu hài), defined as: destructive; harmful; damaging.

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

有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
害 hài
to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “destructive”

WordPinyinMeaning
毁灭性 (毀滅性)huǐ miè xìngdestructive; devastating
破坏性 (破壞性)pò huài xìngdestructive

Related words

Other words that share a character with 有害.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm
害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared

See also: Japanese symbol for “destructive”.

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.