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Chinese symbol for “dissatisfied”

不满
bù mǎn
Traditional: 不滿
dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dissatisfied is 不满 (bù mǎn), defined as: dissatisfied; discontented; resentful; (before a number) to be less than.

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
满 mǎn
to fill; full, packed; satisfied
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dissatisfied”

WordPinyinMeaning
慊qiàndissatisfied
不满意 (不滿意)bù mǎn yìdissatisfied
不平bù pínguneven; injustice
欿然kǎn rándissatisfied; discontented
觖juédissatisfied

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不满.

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
满足 (滿足)mǎn zúto satisfy; to meet (the needs of)
充满 (充滿)chōng mǎnfull of; brimming with
满意 (滿意)mǎn yìsatisfied; pleased

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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