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Chinese symbol for “harmful”

不良
bù liáng
bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty

The closest CC-CEDICT match for harmful is 不良 (bù liáng), defined as: bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty.

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
良 liáng
good, virtuous, respectable
radical 138 ⾉ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “harmful”

WordPinyinMeaning
不利bù lìunfavorable; disadvantageous
有害yǒu hàidestructive; harmful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不良.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
良好liáng hǎogood; favorable
优良 (優良)yōu liángfine; good
善良shàn liánggood and honest; kindhearted

See also: Japanese symbol for “harmful”.

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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