Chinese symbol for “faulty”

不良

bù liáng

bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty

The closest CC-CEDICT match for faulty is 不良 (bù liáng), defined as: bad; harmful; unhealthy; (of a device, connection, material etc) defective; faulty.

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

良 liáng

good, virtuous, respectable

radical 138 ⾉ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不良.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
不是	bù shì	no; is not
不能	bù néng	cannot; must not
不会 (不會)	bù huì	improbable; unlikely
不过 (不過)	bù guò	only; merely
不同	bù tóng	different; distinct
良好	liáng hǎo	good; favorable
优良 (優良)	yōu liáng	fine; good
善良	shàn liáng	good and honest; kindhearted

See also: Japanese symbol for “faulty”.

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.