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Chinese symbol for “terrorist”

恐怖分子
kǒng bù fèn zǐ
terrorist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for terrorist is 恐怖分子 (kǒng bù fèn zǐ), defined as: terrorist.

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

恐 kǒng
fearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes
怖 bù
frightened, terrified
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes
分 fèn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
子 zǐ
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “terrorist”

WordPinyinMeaning
暴恐bào kǒng(attributive) terrorist
恐怖kǒng bùterrible; frightful
恐怖主义者 (恐怖主義者)kǒng bù zhǔ yì zhěterrorist

Related words

Other words that share a character with 恐怖分子.

WordPinyinMeaning
恐怖kǒng bùterrible; frightful
恐惧 (恐懼)kǒng jùfear; dread; to fear; to dread
恐怕kǒng pàfear; to dread
恐怖主义 (恐怖主義)kǒng bù zhǔ yìterrorism
反恐fǎn kǒnganti-terrorism; to fight against terrorism
恐慌kǒng huāngpanic; panicky
恐怖组织 (恐怖組織)kǒng bù zǔ zhīterrorist organization
恐怖片kǒng bù piànhorror movie; measure word: 部 (bù)
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
孩子hái zichild

See also: Japanese symbol for “terrorist”.

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.