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Chinese symbol for “humiliating”

屈辱
qū rǔ
to humiliate; humiliating

The closest CC-CEDICT match for humiliating is 屈辱 (qū rǔ), defined as: to humiliate; humiliating.

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

屈 qū
to bend, to flex; bent, crooked, crouched
radical 44 ⼫ · 8 strokes
辱 rǔ
to insult, to humiliate, to abuse
radical 161 ⾠ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “humiliating”

WordPinyinMeaning
降格jiàng géto downgrade; to lower the standard
损人 (損人)sǔn rénto harm others; to mock people

Related words

Other words that share a character with 屈辱.

WordPinyinMeaning
屈服qū fúto surrender; to succumb
委屈wěi quwronged; aggrieved; to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong
不屈bù qūunyielding; unbending
屈从 (屈從)qū cóngto submit; to yield; to bow to sb's will
屈指可数 (屈指可數)qū zhǐ kě shǔ(lit.) can be counted on one's fingers (idiom); (fig.) very few
侮辱wǔ rǔto insult; to humiliate
羞辱xiū rǔto humiliate; to shame
耻辱 (恥辱)chǐ rǔdisgrace; shame

See also: Japanese symbol for “humiliating”.

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.