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Chinese symbol for “divorce”

离婚
lí hūn
Traditional: 離婚
to divorce

The closest CC-CEDICT match for divorce is 离婚 (lí hūn), defined as: to divorce.

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

离 lí
rare beast; strange; elegant
radical 114 ⽱ · 11 strokes
婚 hūn
to get married; marriage, wedding
radical 38 ⼥ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “divorce”

WordPinyinMeaning
离异 (離異)lí yìto divorce
破镜 (破鏡)pò jìngbroken mirror; fig. broken marriage

Related words

Other words that share a character with 离婚.

WordPinyinMeaning
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave
距离 (距離)jù lídistance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from
脱离 (脫離)tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from
分离 (分離)fēn líto separate
远离 (遠離)yuǎn líto be far from; to keep away from
结婚 (結婚)jié hūnto marry; to get married
婚姻hūn yīnmarriage; matrimony; 桩 (zhuāng),次 (cì)
婚礼 (婚禮)hūn lǐwedding ceremony; wedding

See also: Japanese symbol for “divorce”.

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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