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Chinese symbol for “slander”

诽谤
fěi bàng
Traditional: 誹謗
to slander; to libel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for slander is 诽谤 (fěi bàng), defined as: to slander; to libel.

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Characters and stroke order

诽 fěi
to condemn, to slander, to vilify
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
谤 bàng
to slander, to defame
radical 149 ⾔ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “slander”

WordPinyinMeaning
污蔑 (污衊)wū mièto slander; to smear
诬蔑 (誣衊)wū mièto slander; to smear
中伤 (中傷)zhòng shāngto slander; to defame; to get hit (by a bullet); to be wounded
谤 (謗)bàngto slander; to defame
谩 (謾)mànto slander; to be disrespectful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 诽谤.

WordPinyinMeaning
腹诽 (腹誹)fù fěisilent curse or disagreement; unspoken criticism
诽闻 (誹聞)fěi wénscandal; gossip
毁谤 (毀謗)huǐ bàngslander; libel; to malign; to disparage

See also: Japanese symbol for “slander”.

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.