Chinese symbol for “wickedness”
恶德
è dé
Traditional: 惡德
wickedness; evil behavior
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wickedness is 恶德 (è dé), defined as: wickedness; evil behavior.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恶德.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 邪恶 (邪惡) | xié è | sinister; vicious |
| 恶心 (噁心) | ě xīn | variant of 恶心 (ě xīn) |
| 恶化 (惡化) | è huà | to worsen |
| 恶劣 (惡劣) | è liè | vile; nasty |
| 道德 | dào dé | virtue; morality |
| 品德 | pǐn dé | moral character |
| 美德 | měi dé | virtue |
| 拉德 | lā dé | rad (unit of absorbed dose of ionizing radiation) (loanword) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wickedness”.
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.