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Chinese symbol for “heresy”

异端
yì duān
Traditional: 異端
heresy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heresy is 异端 (yì duān), defined as: heresy.

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

异 yì
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
radical 55 ⼶ · 6 strokes
端 duān
end, extreme; head; beginning
radical 117 ⽴ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “heresy”

WordPinyinMeaning
异教 (異教)yì jiàoheresy; heathenism
妖言yāo yánheresy
野狐禅 (野狐禪)yě hú chánheresy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 异端.

WordPinyinMeaning
差异 (差異)chā yìdifference; discrepancy
异常 (異常)yì chángunusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally
异议 (異議)yì yìobjection; dissent
怪异 (怪異)guài yìmonstrous; strange
诡异 (詭異)guǐ yìstrange; weird
优异 (優異)yōu yìexceptional; outstandingly good
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme
高端gāo duānhigh-end

See also: Japanese symbol for “heresy”.

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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