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Chinese symbol for “malignant”

恶性
è xìng
Traditional: 惡性
malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil

The closest CC-CEDICT match for malignant is 恶性 (è xìng), defined as: malignant; wicked; vicious (circle); producing evil; rapid (decline); runaway (inflation).

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
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 恶性.

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
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
男性nán xìngthe male sex; a male
性质 (性質)xìng zhìnature; characteristic
个性 (個性)gè xìngindividuality; personality

See also: Japanese symbol for “malignant”.

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.