Chinese symbol for “uncivilized”
野蛮
yě mán
Traditional: 野蠻
barbarous; uncivilized
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncivilized is 野蛮 (yě mán), defined as: barbarous; uncivilized.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “uncivilized”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 野蛮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野生 | yě shēng | (of animals, plants etc) wild |
| 视野 (視野) | shì yě | field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective |
| 野兽 (野獸) | yě shòu | beast; wild animal |
| 野心 | yě xīn | ambition; wild schemes |
| 野外 | yě wài | countryside; areas outside the city |
| 蛮横 (蠻橫) | mán hèng | rude and unreasonable |
| 蛮子 (蠻子) | mán zi | barbarian; slave servant |
| 蛮荒 (蠻荒) | mán huāng | savage; wild |
See also: Japanese symbol for “uncivilized”.
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.