Chinese symbol for “injustice”
冤
yuān
injustice; grievance; wrong
The closest CC-CEDICT match for injustice is 冤 (yuān), defined as: injustice; grievance; wrong.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “injustice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不义 (不義) | bù yì | injustice |
| 不平 | bù píng | uneven; injustice |
| 冤枉 | yuān wang | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly |
| 冤屈 | yuān qū | to treat unjustly; an injustice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 冤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冤枉 | yuān wang | to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly |
| 冤家 | yuān jia | enemy; foe |
| 冤案 | yuān àn | miscarriage of justice |
| 冤假错案 (冤假錯案) | yuān jiǎ cuò àn | unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case) |
| 冤狱 (冤獄) | yuān yù | unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up |
| 冤屈 | yuān qū | to treat unjustly; an injustice |
See also: Japanese symbol for “injustice”.
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.