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Chinese symbol for “exploitative”

吃人
chī rén
exploitative; oppressive

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exploitative is 吃人 (chī rén), defined as: exploitative; oppressive.

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

吃 chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 吃人.

WordPinyinMeaning
吃饭 (吃飯)chī fànto have a meal; to eat
好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious
吃惊 (吃驚)chī jīngto be startled; to be shocked
小吃xiǎo chīstreet food; snack
吃掉chī diàoto eat up; to consume
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “exploitative”.

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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