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Chinese symbol for “malicious”

恶毒
è dú
Traditional: 惡毒
malicious

The closest CC-CEDICT match for malicious is 恶毒 (è dú), defined as: malicious.

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

恶 è
bad, evil, wicked; to hate, to loathe; foul, nauseating
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes
毒 dú
poison, venom; drug, narcotic
radical 80 ⽏ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “malicious”

WordPinyinMeaning
奸险 (奸險)jiān xiǎnmalicious; treacherous
毒dúpoison; to poison
阴鸷 (陰鷙)yīn zhìmalicious; treacherous
狠毒hěn dúvicious; malicious
括毒kuò dú(literary) malicious; spiteful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 恶毒.

WordPinyinMeaning
邪恶 (邪惡)xié èsinister; vicious
恶心 (噁心)ě xīnvariant of 恶心 (ě xīn)
恶化 (惡化)è huàto worsen
恶劣 (惡劣)è lièvile; nasty
病毒bìng dúvirus
毒品dú pǐndrugs; narcotics
有毒yǒu dúpoisonous
中毒zhòng dúto be poisoned

See also: Japanese symbol for “malicious”.

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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