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Chinese symbol for “immorality”

道德败坏
dào dé bài huài
Traditional: 道德敗壞
vice; immorality; moral turpitude

The closest CC-CEDICT match for immorality is 道德败坏 (dào dé bài huài), defined as: vice; immorality; moral turpitude.

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

道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes
德 dé
ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
radical 60 ⼻ · 15 strokes
败 bài
failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
坏 huài
bad, rotten, spoiled; to break down
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 道德败坏.

WordPinyinMeaning
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
难道 (難道)nán dàodon't tell me ...; could it be that...?
道路dào lùroad; path
道德dào dévirtue; morality
频道 (頻道)pín dàofrequency; (television) channel
品德pǐn démoral character
美德měi dévirtue
失败 (失敗)shī bàito be defeated; to lose
破坏 (破壞)pò huàidestruction; damage

See also: Japanese symbol for “immorality”.

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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