Chinese symbol for “tyrant”
暴君
bào jūn
tyrant; despot
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tyrant is 暴君 (bào jūn), defined as: tyrant; despot.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tyrant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 霸 | bà | hegemon; tyrant |
| 豪强 (豪強) | háo qiáng | despot; tyrant |
| 僭主 | jiàn zhǔ | tyrant; usurper |
| 地头蛇 (地頭蛇) | dì tóu shé | local bully; tyrant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 暴君.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 暴力 | bào lì | violence; force |
| 风暴 (風暴) | fēng bào | storm; violent commotion |
| 暴露 | bào lù | to expose; to reveal |
| 暴动 (暴動) | bào dòng | insurrection; rebellion |
| 强暴 (強暴) | qiáng bào | violent; to rape |
| 暴雨 | bào yǔ | torrential rain; rainstorm |
| 君主 | jūn zhǔ | monarch; sovereign |
| 君子 | jūn zǐ | nobleman; person of noble character |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tyrant”.
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.