Chinese symbol for “sin”
罪过
zuì guo
Traditional: 罪過
sin; offense
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sin is 罪过 (zuì guo), defined as: sin; offense.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sin”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 罪孽 | zuì niè | sin; crime |
| 作孽 | zuò niè | to sin |
| 罪 | zuì | guilt; crime |
| 冤孽 | yuān niè | sin (in Buddhism); enmity leading to sin |
| 罪愆 | zuì qiān | sin; offense |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 罪过.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犯罪 | fàn zuì | to commit a crime; crime; offense |
| 罪犯 | zuì fàn | criminal |
| 罪行 | zuì xíng | crime; offense |
| 罪名 | zuì míng | charge; accusation; stigma; bad name; stained reputation |
| 罪恶 (罪惡) | zuì è | crime; evil |
| 有罪 | yǒu zuì | guilty |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sin”.
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.