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Chinese symbol for “groundless”

莫须有
mò xū yǒu
Traditional: 莫須有
groundless; baseless

The closest CC-CEDICT match for groundless is 莫须有 (mò xū yǒu), defined as: groundless; baseless.

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

莫 mò
cannot; do not; is not; negative
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
须 xū
beard; must; necessary
radical 181 ⾴ · 9 strokes
有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “groundless”

WordPinyinMeaning
站不住脚 (站不住腳)zhàn bu zhù jiǎoill-founded; groundless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 莫须有.

WordPinyinMeaning
莫过于 (莫過於)mò guò yúnothing can surpass
莫名其妙mò míng qí miào(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
莫非mò fēican it be possible that; could it be
莫大mò dàgreatest; most important
莫名mò mínginexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable
约莫 (約莫)yuē moto estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
必须 (必須)bì xūmust; to have to
无须 (無須)wú xūneed not; not obliged to
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't

See also: Japanese symbol for “groundless”.

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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