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Chinese symbol for “inhuman”

不人道
bù rén dào
inhuman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inhuman is 不人道 (bù rén dào), defined as: inhuman.

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
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
道 dào
method, way; path, road
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “inhuman”

WordPinyinMeaning
非人fēi réninhuman; (literary) an unworthy person (to appoint, to marry etc)
惨无人道 (慘無人道)cǎn wú rén dàoinhuman (idiom); brutal and unfeeling
惨 (慘)cǎnmiserable; wretched
灭绝人性 (滅絕人性)miè jué rén xìng(idiom) to be devoid of all humanity; inhuman; bestial
反人类 (反人類)fǎn rén lèiinhuman

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不人道.

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
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]

See also: Japanese symbol for “inhuman”.

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.