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Chinese symbol for “sarcastic”

损
sǔn
Traditional: 損
(bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sarcastic is 损 (sǔn), defined as: (bound form) to decrease; to diminish; (bound form) to harm; to damage; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) mean; nasty; sarcastic.

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

损 sǔn
to damage, to harm
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sarcastic”

WordPinyinMeaning
带刺 (帶刺)dài cìthorny; (fig.) barbed; sarcastic

Related words

Other words that share a character with 损.

WordPinyinMeaning
损失 (損失)sǔn shīloss; damage
损害 (損害)sǔn hàiharm; to damage
亏损 (虧損)kuī sǔndeficit; (financial) loss
损伤 (損傷)sǔn shāngto harm; to damage
损坏 (損壞)sǔn huàito damage; to injure
受损 (受損)shòu sǔnto suffer damage

See also: Japanese symbol for “sarcastic”.

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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