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Chinese symbol for “sordid”

龌浊
wò zhuó
Traditional: 齷濁
filthy; nasty; sordid; impure (motives)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sordid is 龌浊 (wò zhuó), defined as: filthy; nasty; sordid; impure (motives).

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

龌 wò
narrow, small-minded; dirty (1)
radical 211 ⿒ · 17 strokes
浊 zhuó
dirty, filthy, muddy, turbid
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 龌浊.

WordPinyinMeaning
龌龊 (齷齪)wò chuòdirty; filthy; vile; despicable
卑鄙龌龊 (卑鄙齷齪)bēi bǐ wò chuòsordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
卑陋龌龊 (卑陋齷齪)bēi lòu wò chuòsordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
黑龌 (黑齷)hēi wòunclean; filthy
浑浊 (渾濁)hún zhuómuddy; turbid
混浊 (混濁)hùn zhuóturbid; muddy
污浊 (污濁)wū zhuódirty; muddy
浊音 (濁音)zhuó yīn(phonetics) voiced sound; sonant

See also: Japanese symbol for “sordid”.

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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