Chinese symbol for “mafia”

黑手党

hēi shǒu dǎng

Traditional: 黑手黨

mafia

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mafia is 黑手党 (hēi shǒu dǎng), defined as: mafia.

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

黑 hēi

black; dark; evil, sinister

radical 203 ⿊ · 12 strokes

手 shǒu

hand

radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes

党 dǎng

political party, gang, faction

radical 10 ⼉ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

黨 dǎng

Related words

Other words that share a character with 黑手党.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
黑人	hēi rén	black person; an illegal
黑暗	hēi àn	dark; darkly
黑色	hēi sè	black
黑白	hēi bái	black and white; right and wrong
黑客	hēi kè	(computing) (loanword) hacker
黑帮 (黑幫)	hēi bāng	bunch of gangsters; criminal gang
手机 (手機)	shǒu jī	cell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)
手段	shǒu duàn	method; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability
政党 (政黨)	zhèng dǎng	political party; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “mafia”.

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.