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Chinese symbol for “thieving”

手脚不干净
shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng
Traditional: 手腳不乾淨
thieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thieving is 手脚不干净 (shǒu jiǎo bù gān jìng), defined as: thieving; light-fingered; prone to stealing.

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

手 shǒu
hand
radical 64 ⼿ · 4 strokes
脚 jiǎo
leg, foot; foundation, base
radical 130 ⾁ · 11 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
干 gān
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
radical 51 ⼲ · 3 strokes
净 jìng
clean, pure; to cleanse
radical 15 ⼎ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 手脚不干净.

WordPinyinMeaning
手机 (手機)shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone; measure word: 部 (bù), 台 (tái)
手段shǒu duànmethod; way; means (of doing sth); skill; ability
选手 (選手)xuǎn shǒuathlete; contestant
手术 (手術)shǒu shù(surgical) operation; surgery
对手 (對手)duì shǒuopponent; rival
歌手gē shǒusinger
脚步 (腳步)jiǎo bùfootstep; step
脚下 (腳下)jiǎo xiàunder the foot
不是bù shìno; is not
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
干净 (乾淨)gān jìngclean; neat

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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