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Chinese symbol for “pirate”

海盗
hǎi dào
Traditional: 海盜
pirate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pirate is 海盗 (hǎi dào), defined as: pirate.

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

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
盗 dào
to rob, to steal; thief, bandit
radical 108 ⽫ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pirate”

WordPinyinMeaning
海贼 (海賊)hǎi zéipirate
盗录 (盜錄)dào lùto pirate (an audio recording, movie etc); to bootleg

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海盗.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
强盗 (強盜)qiáng dàoto rob (with force); bandit
盗版 (盜版)dào bǎnpirated; illegal

See also: Japanese symbol for “pirate”.

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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