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Chinese symbol for “foolishness”

傻气
shǎ qì
Traditional: 傻氣
foolish; foolishness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for foolishness is 傻气 (shǎ qì), defined as: foolish; foolishness.

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

傻 shǎ
foolish, silly, stupid; an imbecile
radical 9 ⼈ · 13 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 傻气.

WordPinyinMeaning
傻子shǎ ziidiot; fool
傻瓜shǎ guāidiot; fool
傻蛋shǎ dànstupid young fellow; idiot
装傻 (裝傻)zhuāng shǎto act stupid; to pretend to be naive
傻笑shǎ xiàoto giggle; to laugh foolishly
傻眼shǎ yǎn(coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere

See also: Japanese symbol for “foolishness”.

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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