Chinese symbol for “traitor”
汉奸
hàn jiān
Traditional: 漢奸
traitor (to China)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for traitor is 汉奸 (hàn jiān), defined as: traitor (to China).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “traitor”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叛徒 | pàn tú | traitor; turncoat |
| 卖国贼 (賣國賊) | mài guó zéi | traitor |
| 背叛者 | bèi pàn zhě | traitor |
| 叛逆者 | pàn nì zhě | traitor |
| 奸贼 (奸賊) | jiān zéi | a traitor; a treacherous bandit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 汉奸.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 汉字 (漢字) | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 汉堡 (漢堡) | hàn bǎo | (loanword) hamburger |
| 汉子 (漢子) | hàn zi | man; fellow |
| 老汉 (老漢) | lǎo hàn | old man; I (an old man referring to himself) |
| 大汉 (大漢) | dà hàn | burly fellow |
| 强奸 (強姦) | qiáng jiān | to rape |
| 通奸 (通姦) | tōng jiān | adultery; to commit adultery |
| 轮奸 (輪姦) | lún jiān | to gang rape |
See also: Japanese symbol for “traitor”.
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.