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Chinese symbol for “pornography”

色情
sè qíng
pornography; sex

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pornography is 色情 (sè qíng), defined as: pornography; sex.

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

色 sè
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
radical 139 ⾊ · 6 strokes
情 qíng
emotion, feeling, sentiment
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pornography”

WordPinyinMeaning
黄毒 (黃毒)huáng dúpornography; the psychological harm of pornography

Related words

Other words that share a character with 色情.

WordPinyinMeaning
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
特色tè sèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
颜色 (顏色)yán sècolor; countenance
绿色 (綠色)lǜ sègreen
红色 (紅色)hóng sèred (color); revolutionary
黑色hēi sèblack
情况 (情況)qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “pornography”.

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.