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Chinese symbol for “disreputable”

不名誉
bù míng yù
Traditional: 不名譽
disreputable; disgraceful

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disreputable is 不名誉 (bù míng yù), defined as: disreputable; disgraceful.

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
誉 yù
fame, reputation; to praise
radical 149 ⾔ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不名誉.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted
名称 (名稱)míng chēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)
荣誉 (榮譽)róng yùhonor; credit

See also: Japanese symbol for “disreputable”.

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.