Chinese symbol for “ugly”
丑陋
chǒu lòu
Traditional: 醜陋
ugly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ugly is 丑陋 (chǒu lòu), defined as: ugly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ugly”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 难看 (難看) | nán kàn | ugly; unsightly |
| 丑恶 (醜惡) | chǒu è | ugly; repulsive |
| 寒碜 (寒磣) | hán chen | ugly; shameful |
| 恶 (惡) | è | evil; fierce |
| 丑 (醜) | chǒu | shameful; ugly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丑陋.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑闻 (醜聞) | chǒu wén | scandal |
| 小丑 | xiǎo chǒu | clown |
| 丑恶 (醜惡) | chǒu è | ugly; repulsive |
| 丑事 (醜事) | chǒu shì | scandal |
| 丑化 (醜化) | chǒu huà | to defame; to libel |
| 简陋 (簡陋) | jiǎn lòu | simple and crude |
| 陋习 (陋習) | lòu xí | corrupt practice; bad habits |
| 孤陋寡闻 (孤陋寡聞) | gū lòu guǎ wén | ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ugly”.
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.