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Chinese symbol for “eyesore”

不堪入目
bù kān rù mù
unbearable to look at; an eyesore

The closest CC-CEDICT match for eyesore is 不堪入目 (bù kān rù mù), defined as: unbearable to look at; an eyesore.

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
堪 kān
to endure; adequate, capable, worthy
radical 32 ⼟ · 12 strokes
入 rù
to enter, to come in; to join
radical 11 ⼊ · 2 strokes
目 mù
eye; to look, to see; division, topic
radical 109 ⽬ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不堪入目.

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
不堪bù kāncannot bear; cannot stand
难堪 (難堪)nán kānhard to take; embarrassed
堪称 (堪稱)kān chēngcan be rated as; can be said to be
进入 (進入)jìn rùto enter; to go into
目前mù qiánat the present time; currently

See also: Japanese symbol for “eyesore”.

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.