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Chinese symbol for “discredit”

抹黑
mǒ hēi
to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for discredit is 抹黑 (mǒ hēi), defined as: to discredit; to defame; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc); to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage); to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words).

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

抹 mǒ
to apply; to erase, to smear, to wipe off
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
黑 hēi
black; dark; evil, sinister
radical 203 ⿊ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 抹黑.

WordPinyinMeaning
涂抹 (塗抹)tú mǒto paint; to smear
抹杀 (抹殺)mǒ shāto erase; to cover traces
抹布mā bùcleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4]
抹煞mǒ shāvariant of 抹杀 (mǒ shā)
拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角)guǎi wān mò jiǎolit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way
黑人hēi rénblack person; an illegal
黑暗hēi àndark; darkly
黑色hēi sèblack

See also: Japanese symbol for “discredit”.

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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