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Chinese symbol for “infringe”

侵
qīn
to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach

The closest CC-CEDICT match for infringe is 侵 (qīn), defined as: to invade; to encroach; to infringe; to approach.

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

侵 qīn
to invade, to encroach upon, to raid
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “infringe”

WordPinyinMeaning
违犯 (違犯)wéi fànto violate; to infringe

Related words

Other words that share a character with 侵.

WordPinyinMeaning
入侵rù qīnto invade
侵犯qīn fànto infringe on; to encroach on
侵略qīn lüèto invade; invasion
侵害qīn hàito encroach on; to infringe on
侵入qīn rùto make (military) incursions; to invade
侵权 (侵權)qīn quánto infringe the rights of; to violate

See also: Japanese symbol for “infringe”.

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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