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Chinese symbol for “innocent”

无罪
wú zuì
Traditional: 無罪
innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for innocent is 无罪 (wú zuì), defined as: innocent; guileless; not guilty (of crime).

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
罪 zuì
sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime
radical 122 ⽹ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “innocent”

WordPinyinMeaning
无辜 (無辜)wú gūblameless; innocent; the innocent
天真tiān zhēnnaive; innocent
清白qīng báipure; innocent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无罪.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
犯罪fàn zuìto commit a crime; crime; offense
罪犯zuì fàncriminal

See also: Japanese symbol for “innocent”.

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.