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Chinese symbol for “lewd”

淫荡
yín dàng
Traditional: 淫蕩
loose in morals; lascivious; licentious; lewd

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lewd is 淫荡 (yín dàng), defined as: loose in morals; lascivious; licentious; lewd.

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

淫 yín
obscene, licentious, lewd, kinky
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
荡 dàng
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lewd”

WordPinyinMeaning
冶荡 (冶蕩)yě dànglewd; lascivious

Related words

Other words that share a character with 淫荡.

WordPinyinMeaning
卖淫 (賣淫)mài yínprostitution; to prostitute oneself
淫乱 (淫亂)yín luànpromiscuous
手淫shǒu yínto masturbate; masturbation
淫秽 (淫穢)yín huìobscene; indecent; bawdy
奸淫 (姦淫)jiān yínillicit sex; to rape or seduce
动荡 (動盪)dòng dàngvariant of 动荡 (dòng dàng)
震荡 (震盪)zhèn dàngto shake up; to jolt
荡妇 (蕩婦)dàng fùprostitute; floozy; slut

See also: Japanese symbol for “lewd”.

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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