Chinese symbol for “pernicious”
害人
hài rén
to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pernicious is 害人 (hài rén), defined as: to harm sb; to inflict suffering; to victimize; pernicious.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 害人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 厉害 (厲害) | lì hai | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a |
| 受害者 | shòu hài zhě | casualty; victim |
| 损害 (損害) | sǔn hài | harm; to damage |
| 迫害 | pò hài | to persecute |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pernicious”.
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.