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Chinese symbol for “spyware”

间谍软件
jiàn dié ruǎn jiàn
Traditional: 間諜軟件
spyware

The closest CC-CEDICT match for spyware is 间谍软件 (jiàn dié ruǎn jiàn), defined as: spyware.

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

间 jiàn
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes
谍 dié
to spy; an intelligence report
radical 149 ⾔ · 11 strokes
软 ruǎn
soft, pliable, flexible; weak
radical 159 ⾞ · 8 strokes
件 jiàn
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 间谍软件.

WordPinyinMeaning
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
之间 (之間)zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (
期间 (期間)qī jiānperiod of time; time
空间 (空間)kōng jiānspace; room; (fig.) scope; leeway
民间 (民間)mín jiānamong the people; popular
中间 (中間)zhōng jiānthe middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among
间谍 (間諜)jiàn diéspy
间谍活动 (間諜活動)jiàn dié huó dòngespionage; spying
软件 (軟件)ruǎn jiànsoftware
事件shì jiànincident; event

See also: Japanese symbol for “spyware”.

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.