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Chinese symbol for “scourge”

祸害
huò hài
Traditional: 禍害
disaster; harm; scourge; bad person

The closest CC-CEDICT match for scourge is 祸害 (huò hài), defined as: disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm.

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

祸 huò
misfortune, disaster, calamity
radical 113 ⽰ · 11 strokes
害 hài
to injure, to harm; to destroy, to kill
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “scourge”

WordPinyinMeaning
毒瘤dú liúmalignant tumor; (fig.) cancer; scourge

Related words

Other words that share a character with 祸害.

WordPinyinMeaning
车祸 (車禍)chē huòtraffic accident; car crash; measure word: 起 (qǐ)
罪魁祸首 (罪魁禍首)zuì kuí huò shǒu(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster
幸灾乐祸 (幸災樂禍)xìng zāi lè huò(idiom) to take pleasure in another's misfortune
灾祸 (災禍)zāi huòdisaster
人祸 (人禍)rén huòman-made disaster
伤害 (傷害)shāng hàito injure; to harm
害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared
厉害 (厲害)lì hai(used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; a

See also: Japanese symbol for “scourge”.

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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