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Chinese symbol for “noxious”

歪
wāi
askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious

The closest CC-CEDICT match for noxious is 歪 (wāi), defined as: askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side.

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

歪 wāi
slanted, askew, awry
radical 77 ⽌ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 歪.

WordPinyinMeaning
歪曲wāi qūto distort; to misrepresent
歪风 (歪風)wāi fēngunhealthy trend; noxious influence
歪理wāi lǐfallacious reasoning; preposterous argument
东倒西歪 (東倒西歪)dōng dǎo xī wāito lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom); to sway
歪斜wāi xiécrooked; askew
歪门邪道 (歪門邪道)wāi mén xié dàodishonest practices

See also: Japanese symbol for “noxious”.

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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