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Chinese symbol for “certain”

某些
mǒu xiē
some; certain (things)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for certain is 某些 (mǒu xiē), defined as: some; certain (things).

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

某 mǒu
some, someone; a certain thing or person
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
些 xiē
little, few; rather, somewhat
radical 7 ⼆ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “certain”

WordPinyinMeaning
笃定 (篤定)dǔ dìngcertain; confident (of some outcome)
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
确定 (確定)què dìngdefinite; certain
某mǒusome; a certain
必然bì ráninevitable; certain

Related words

Other words that share a character with 某些.

WordPinyinMeaning
某种 (某種)mǒu zhǒngsome kind (of)
某人mǒu rénsomeone; a certain person
某某mǒu mǒuso-and-so; such-and-such
某处 (某處)mǒu chùsomewhere
某地mǒu dìsomewhere; some place
这些 (這些)zhè xiēthese
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
那些nà xiēthose

See also: Japanese symbol for “certain”.

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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