Chinese symbol for “ambiguous”
含糊
hán hu
ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ambiguous is 含糊 (hán hu), defined as: ambiguous; vague; careless; perfunctory.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ambiguous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 模棱 (模稜) | mó léng | ambiguous; undecided and unclear |
| 灰色 | huī sè | gray; ash gray |
| 暧昧 (曖昧) | ài mèi | vague; ambiguous |
| 隐晦 (隱晦) | yǐn huì | vague; ambiguous |
| 模棱两可 (模稜兩可) | mó léng liǎng kě | equivocal; ambiguous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 含糊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 包含 | bāo hán | to contain; to embody |
| 含有 | hán yǒu | to contain; including |
| 含义 (含義) | hán yì | meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning |
| 含量 | hán liàng | content; quantity contained |
| 富含 | fù hán | to contain in great quantities; rich in |
| 内含 (內含) | nèi hán | to contain; to include |
| 模糊 | mó hu | vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up |
| 糊涂 (糊塗) | hú tu | muddled; silly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ambiguous”.
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.