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Chinese symbol for “enemy”

敌人
dí rén
Traditional: 敵人
enemy; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for enemy is 敌人 (dí rén), defined as: enemy; 个 (gè).

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

敌 dí
enemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist
radical 66 ⽁ · 10 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “enemy”

WordPinyinMeaning
敌 (敵)dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival
敌方 (敵方)dí fāngenemy
冤家yuān jiaenemy; foe
仇敌 (仇敵)chóu díenemy
仇家chóu jiāenemy; foe

Related words

Other words that share a character with 敌人.

WordPinyinMeaning
无敌 (無敵)wú díunequalled; without rival
敌对 (敵對)dí duìhostile; enemy (factions)
敌军 (敵軍)dí jūnenemy troops; hostile forces
敌方 (敵方)dí fāngenemy
敌意 (敵意)dí yìenmity; hostility
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “enemy”.

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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