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Chinese symbol for “insult”

侮辱
wǔ rǔ
to insult; to humiliate; dishonor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for insult is 侮辱 (wǔ rǔ), defined as: to insult; to humiliate; dishonor.

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

侮 wǔ
insult, ridicule, disgrace
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
辱 rǔ
to insult, to humiliate, to abuse
radical 161 ⾠ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “insult”

WordPinyinMeaning
凌辱líng rǔto insult; to humiliate
辱骂 (辱罵)rǔ màto insult; to revile
侮wǔto insult; to ridicule
嫚màninsult
恶语伤人 (惡語傷人)è yǔ shāng rénto insult; to direct bad language at sb

Related words

Other words that share a character with 侮辱.

WordPinyinMeaning
欺侮qī wǔto bully
外侮wài wǔ(literary) foreign aggression; external threat
侮蔑wǔ miècontempt; to despise
侮慢wǔ mànto humiliate; to bully
轻侮 (輕侮)qīng wǔ(literary) to treat with disrespect
羞辱xiū rǔto humiliate; to shame
耻辱 (恥辱)chǐ rǔdisgrace; shame
凌辱líng rǔto insult; to humiliate

See also: Japanese symbol for “insult”.

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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