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Chinese symbol for “paranoia”

偏执狂
piān zhí kuáng
Traditional: 偏執狂
paranoia; monomania

The closest CC-CEDICT match for paranoia is 偏执狂 (piān zhí kuáng), defined as: paranoia; monomania.

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

偏 piān
slanting, inclined; prejudiced
radical 9 ⼈ · 11 strokes
执 zhí
to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain
radical 64 ⼿ · 6 strokes
狂 kuáng
insane, mad; violent; wild
radical 94 ⽝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “paranoia”

WordPinyinMeaning
疑心病yí xīn bìngexcessive suspiciousness; (non-clinical) paranoia
妄想症wàng xiǎng zhèngdelusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia
妄想狂wàng xiǎng kuángparanoia; megalomaniac

Related words

Other words that share a character with 偏执狂.

WordPinyinMeaning
偏见 (偏見)piān jiànprejudice; bias
偏偏piān piān(indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicating that sth is the opposite
偏向piān xiàngpartial towards sth; to prefer
偏离 (偏離)piān líto deviate; to diverge
偏好piān hàoto have a special liking (for sth)
偏差piān chādeviation; bias
执行 (執行)zhí xíngto implement; to carry out
执政 (執政)zhí zhèngto hold power; in office
疯狂 (瘋狂)fēng kuángcrazy; frenzied; wild

See also: Japanese symbol for “paranoia”.

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.