Chinese symbol for “reprehensible”
缺德
quē dé
mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reprehensible is 缺德 (quē dé), defined as: mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “reprehensible”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缺德.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缺乏 | quē fá | to lack; to be short of |
| 缺少 | quē shǎo | lack; shortage of |
| 缺点 (缺點) | quē diǎn | weak point; fault |
| 缺陷 | quē xiàn | defect; flaw |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 缺席 | quē xí | to be absent |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 品德 | pǐn dé | moral character |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reprehensible”.
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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