Chinese symbol for “folly”
蠢事
chǔn shì
folly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for folly is 蠢事 (chǔn shì), defined as: folly.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 蠢事.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愚蠢 | yú chǔn | silly; stupid |
| 蠢货 (蠢貨) | chǔn huò | blockhead; idiot |
| 蠢蠢欲动 (蠢蠢欲動) | chǔn chǔn yù dòng | to begin to stir (idiom); to get restless |
| 蠢蛋 | chǔn dàn | fool; dolt |
| 蠢人 | chǔn rén | fool; imbecile |
| 事件 | shì jiàn | incident; event |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng) |
| 故事 | gù shì | old practice |
See also: Japanese symbol for “folly”.
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.