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Chinese symbol for “spam”

垃圾邮件
lā jī yóu jiàn
Traditional: 垃圾郵件
junk mail; spam; unsolicited mail

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spam is 垃圾邮件 (lā jī yóu jiàn), defined as: junk mail; spam; unsolicited mail.

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

垃 lā
garbage, refuse, trash, waste
radical 32 ⼟ · 8 strokes
圾 jī
garbage, rubbish; shaking; danger
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes
邮 yóu
mail; post office
radical 163 ⾢ · 7 strokes
件 jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “spam”

WordPinyinMeaning
午餐肉wǔ cān ròucanned luncheon meat; Spam

Related words

Other words that share a character with 垃圾邮件.

WordPinyinMeaning
垃圾lā jītrash; refuse
垃圾桶lā jī tǒngtrash can; garbage can; Taiwan pr. [le4se4tong3]
垃圾堆lā jī duīgarbage heap
垃圾箱lā jī xiāngrubbish can; garbage can
垃圾车 (垃圾車)lā jī chēgarbage truck (or other vehicle)
邮件 (郵件)yóu jiànmail; post
邮政 (郵政)yóu zhèngpostal service; postal
电子邮件 (電子郵件)diàn zǐ yóu jiànemail; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn)
事件shì jiànincident; event

See also: Japanese symbol for “spam”.

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.