Chinese symbol for “militaristic”
黩武
dú wǔ
Traditional: 黷武
militaristic; to use military force indiscriminately
The closest CC-CEDICT match for militaristic is 黩武 (dú wǔ), defined as: militaristic; to use military force indiscriminately.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “militaristic”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穷兵黩武 (窮兵黷武) | qióng bīng dú wǔ | to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黩武.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穷兵黩武 (窮兵黷武) | qióng bīng dú wǔ | to engage in wars of aggression at will (idiom); militaristic |
| 武器 | wǔ qì | weapon; arms |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
| 武力 | wǔ lì | military force |
| 武士 | wǔ shì | warrior; samurai |
| 核武器 | hé wǔ qì | nuclear weapon |
| 武术 (武術) | wǔ shù | military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “militaristic”.
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.