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Chinese symbol for “jailbreak”

越狱
yuè yù
Traditional: 越獄
to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jailbreak is 越狱 (yuè yù), defined as: to break out of prison; to jailbreak (an iOS device etc).

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

越 yuè
to exceed, to surpass, to transcend
radical 156 ⾛ · 12 strokes
狱 yù
prison, jail; case; lawsuit
radical 94 ⽝ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 越狱.

WordPinyinMeaning
越来越 (越來越)yuè lái yuèmore and more
超越chāo yuèto surpass; to exceed; to transcend
穿越chuān yuèto traverse; to pass through; to cross; time travel (as a genre of fiction)
跨越kuà yuèto step across; step over
优越 (優越)yōu yuèsuperior; superiority
卓越zhuó yuèoutstanding; surpassing
监狱 (監獄)jiān yùprison
地狱 (地獄)dì yùhell; underworld; (Buddhism) Naraka; (coll.) (of humor, jokes, content etc) extremely dark or morally transgressive

See also: Japanese symbol for “jailbreak”.

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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