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Chinese symbol for “grotesque”

丑怪
chǒu guài
Traditional: 醜怪
grotesque

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grotesque is 丑怪 (chǒu guài), defined as: grotesque.

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

丑 chǒu
ugly; shameful; comedian, clown
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
怪 guài
unusual, strange, peculiar
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “grotesque”

WordPinyinMeaning
奇丑 (奇醜)qí chǒugrotesque; extremely ugly
怪模怪样 (怪模怪樣)guài mú guài yàngoutlandish; strange-looking
石像鬼shí xiàng guǐgargoyle; grotesque

Related words

Other words that share a character with 丑怪.

WordPinyinMeaning
丑闻 (醜聞)chǒu wénscandal
丑陋 (醜陋)chǒu lòuugly
小丑xiǎo chǒuclown
丑恶 (醜惡)chǒu èugly; repulsive
丑事 (醜事)chǒu shìscandal
丑化 (醜化)chǒu huàto defame; to libel
奇怪qí guàistrange; odd
怪物guài wumonster; freak

See also: Japanese symbol for “grotesque”.

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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