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Chinese symbol for “folly”

蠢事
chǔn shì
folly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for folly is 蠢事 (chǔn shì), defined as: folly.

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

蠢 chǔn
to wriggle; stupid, silly, fat
radical 142 ⾍ · 21 strokes
事 shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蠢事.

WordPinyinMeaning
愚蠢yú chǔnsilly; stupid
蠢货 (蠢貨)chǔn huòblockhead; idiot
蠢蠢欲动 (蠢蠢欲動)chǔn chǔn yù dòngto begin to stir (idiom); to get restless
蠢蛋chǔn dànfool; dolt
蠢人chǔn rénfool; imbecile
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事gù shìold 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.

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