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Chinese symbol for “abortive”

未遂
wèi suì
to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for abortive is 未遂 (wèi suì), defined as: to fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish).

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

未 wèi
not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
遂 suì
to fail; to follow, to comply with
radical 162 ⾡ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 未遂.

WordPinyinMeaning
未来 (未來)wèi láifuture; tomorrow
尚未shàng wèinot yet; still not
从未 (從未)cóng wèinever
并未 (並未)bìng wèi(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
未能wèi néngcannot; to fail to
未经 (未經)wèi jīngnot having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
顺遂 (順遂)shùn suìeverything is going smoothly; just as one wishes
半身不遂bàn shēn bù suíparalysis of one side of the body; hemiplegia

See also: Japanese symbol for “abortive”.

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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