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Chinese symbol for “careless”

大意
dà yi
careless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for careless is 大意 (dà yi), defined as: careless.

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

大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
意 yi
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “careless”

WordPinyinMeaning
胡乱 (胡亂)hú luàncareless; reckless
草率cǎo shuàicareless; negligent
马虎 (馬虎)mǎ hucareless; sloppy
漫不经心 (漫不經心)màn bù jīng xīncareless; heedless
粗心cū xīncareless; thoughtless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 大意.

WordPinyinMeaning
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity
大陆 (大陸)dà lùcontinent; mainland; 块 (kuài)
大会 (大會)dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting
重大zhòng dàgreat; important
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion

See also: Japanese symbol for “careless”.

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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