Chinese symbol for “foolish”
傻
shǎ
foolish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for foolish is 傻 (shǎ), defined as: foolish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “foolish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呆 | dāi | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank |
| 呆 (獃) | dāi | foolish; stupid (variant of 呆 (dāi)); expressionless; blank (variant of 呆 (dāi)) |
| 傻气 (傻氣) | shǎ qì | foolish; foolishness |
| 痴痴 | chī chī | foolish; stupid |
| 傻里傻气 (傻裡傻氣) | shǎ li shǎ qì | foolish; stupid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 傻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 傻子 | shǎ zi | idiot; fool |
| 傻瓜 | shǎ guā | idiot; fool |
| 傻蛋 | shǎ dàn | stupid young fellow; idiot |
| 装傻 (裝傻) | zhuāng shǎ | to act stupid; to pretend to be naive |
| 傻笑 | shǎ xiào | to giggle; to laugh foolishly |
| 傻眼 | shǎ yǎn | (coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted |
See also: Japanese symbol for “foolish”.
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.