Chinese symbol for “unethical”
背德
bèi dé
immoral; unethical
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unethical is 背德 (bèi dé), defined as: immoral; unethical.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 背德.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 背景 | bèi jǐng | background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer |
| 背后 (背後) | bèi hòu | behind; at the back |
| 违背 (違背) | wéi bèi | to go against; to be contrary to |
| 背叛 | bèi pàn | to betray |
| 背包 | bēi bāo | knapsack; rucksack |
| 背面 | bèi miàn | the back; the reverse side |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 品德 | pǐn dé | moral character |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unethical”.
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.