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Chinese symbol for “insurrection”

暴动
bào dòng
Traditional: 暴動
insurrection; rebellion

The closest CC-CEDICT match for insurrection is 暴动 (bào dòng), defined as: insurrection; rebellion.

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

暴 bào
violent, brutal, tyrannical
radical 72 ⽇ · 15 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “insurrection”

WordPinyinMeaning
起义 (起義)qǐ yìuprising; insurrection

Related words

Other words that share a character with 暴动.

WordPinyinMeaning
暴力bào lìviolence; force
风暴 (風暴)fēng bàostorm; violent commotion
暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal
强暴 (強暴)qiáng bàoviolent; to rape
暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action

See also: Japanese symbol for “insurrection”.

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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