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Chinese symbol for “voracious”

贪吃
tān chī
Traditional: 貪吃
gluttonous; voracious

The closest CC-CEDICT match for voracious is 贪吃 (tān chī), defined as: gluttonous; voracious.

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

贪 tān
greedy, covetous; corrupt
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
吃 chī
to eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贪吃.

WordPinyinMeaning
贪污 (貪污)tān wūto be corrupt; corruption
贪婪 (貪婪)tān lánavaricious; greedy
贪腐 (貪腐)tān fǔcorruption
贪官 (貪官)tān guāncorrupt official; grasping functionary
贪心 (貪心)tān xīngreedy
贪污腐败 (貪污腐敗)tān wū fǔ bàicorruption
吃饭 (吃飯)chī fànto have a meal; to eat
好吃hǎo chītasty; delicious

See also: Japanese symbol for “voracious”.

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.

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