Chinese symbol for “provocation”
挑衅
tiǎo xìn
Traditional: 挑釁
to provoke; provocation
The closest CC-CEDICT match for provocation is 挑衅 (tiǎo xìn), defined as: to provoke; provocation.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “provocation”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 挑衅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挑战 (挑戰) | tiǎo zhàn | to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge |
| 挑选 (挑選) | tiāo xuǎn | to choose; to select |
| 挑起 | tiǎo qǐ | to provoke; to stir up |
| 挑逗 | tiǎo dòu | to provoke; to entice |
| 挑战者 (挑戰者) | tiǎo zhàn zhě | challenger |
| 寻衅 (尋釁) | xún xìn | to pick a quarrel; to start a fight |
| 观衅伺隙 (觀釁伺隙) | guān xìn sì xì | lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points |
| 边衅 (邊釁) | biān xìn | clash on the frontier; border conflict |
See also: Japanese symbol for “provocation”.
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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