Chinese symbol for “foolishly”
瞎
xiā
blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose
The closest CC-CEDICT match for foolishly is 瞎 (xiā), defined as: blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 瞎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瞎子 | xiā zi | blind person |
| 瞎说 (瞎說) | xiā shuō | to talk drivel; to assert sth without a proper understanding or basis in fact |
| 瞎扯 | xiā chě | to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense |
| 瞎眼 | xiā yǎn | to be blind |
| 瞎编 (瞎編) | xiā biān | to fabricate (a story) |
| 黑灯瞎火 (黑燈瞎火) | hēi dēng xiā huǒ | pitch dark |
See also: Japanese symbol for “foolishly”.
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.