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Chinese symbol for “insatiable”

贪婪
tān lán
Traditional: 貪婪
avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for insatiable is 贪婪 (tān lán), defined as: avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid.

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

贪 tān
greedy, covetous; corrupt
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
婪 lán
to covet; covetous, avaricious
radical 38 ⼥ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “insatiable”

WordPinyinMeaning
贪馋 (貪饞)tān chángluttonous; greedy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贪婪.

WordPinyinMeaning
贪污 (貪污)tān wūto be corrupt; corruption
贪腐 (貪腐)tān fǔcorruption
贪官 (貪官)tān guāncorrupt official; grasping functionary
贪心 (貪心)tān xīngreedy
贪污腐败 (貪污腐敗)tān wū fǔ bàicorruption
贪婪无厌 (貪婪無厭)tān lán wú yànavaricious and insatiable (idiom); greedy and never satisfied

See also: Japanese symbol for “insatiable”.

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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