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Chinese symbol for “jealous”

红眼
hóng yǎn
Traditional: 紅眼
to become infuriated; to see red; envious; jealous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jealous is 红眼 (hóng yǎn), defined as: to become infuriated; to see red; envious; jealous; covetous; pink eye (conjunctivitis).

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

红 hóng
red, vermillion; to blush, to flush; popular
radical 120 ⽷ · 6 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “jealous”

WordPinyinMeaning
眼红 (眼紅)yǎn hóngto covet; envious
妒dùto envy (success, talent); jealous
忮zhì(literary) (bound form) jealous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 红眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
红色 (紅色)hóng sèred (color); revolutionary
红包 (紅包)hóng bāomoney wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment
红旗 (紅旗)hóng qíred flag; measure word: 面 (miàn)
粉红色 (粉紅色)fěn hóng sèpink
红利 (紅利)hóng lìbonus; dividend
粉红 (粉紅)fěn hóngpink
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now

See also: Japanese symbol for “jealous”.

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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