Chinese symbol for “greedy”
贪心
tān xīn
Traditional: 貪心
greedy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for greedy is 贪心 (tān xīn), defined as: greedy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “greedy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贪婪 (貪婪) | tān lán | avaricious; greedy |
| 贪 (貪) | tān | to have a voracious desire for; to covet |
| 馋 (饞) | chán | gluttonous; greedy |
| 贪食 (貪食) | tān shí | gluttonous; greedy |
| 饕 | tāo | (literary) greedy; gluttonous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贪心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贪污 (貪污) | tān wū | to be corrupt; corruption |
| 贪婪 (貪婪) | tān lán | avaricious; greedy |
| 贪腐 (貪腐) | tān fǔ | corruption |
| 贪官 (貪官) | tān guān | corrupt official; grasping functionary |
| 贪污腐败 (貪污腐敗) | tān wū fǔ bài | corruption |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 关心 (關心) | guān xīn | to be concerned about; to care about |
See also: Japanese symbol for “greedy”.
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.