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Chinese symbol for “fearless”

不怕
bù pà
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fearless is 不怕 (bù pà), defined as: fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though.

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
怕 pà
to fear, to be afraid of; apprehensive
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fearless”

WordPinyinMeaning
大胆 (大膽)dà dǎnbrazen; audacious
天不怕地不怕tiān bù pà dì bù pàfearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom); fearless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不怕.

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
害怕hài pàto be afraid; to be scared
可怕kě pàawful; dreadful
恐怕kǒng pàfear; to dread

See also: Japanese symbol for “fearless”.

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.