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Chinese symbol for “insurgent”

叛徒
pàn tú
traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for insurgent is 叛徒 (pàn tú), defined as: traitor; turncoat; rebel; renegade; insurgent.

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

叛 pàn
rebel; rebellion; rebellious
radical 29 ⼜ · 9 strokes
徒 tú
disciple, follower; only, merely; in vain
radical 60 ⼻ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “insurgent”

WordPinyinMeaning
反叛分子fǎn pàn fèn zǐrebel; insurgent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 叛徒.

WordPinyinMeaning
背叛bèi pànto betray
叛乱 (叛亂)pàn luànarmed rebellion
叛变 (叛變)pàn biànto defect; to betray
叛军 (叛軍)pàn jūnrebel army
反叛fǎn pànto rebel; to revolt
信徒xìn túbeliever
教徒jiào túdisciple; follower of a religion
徒刑tú xíngprison sentence

See also: Japanese symbol for “insurgent”.

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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