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Chinese symbol for “guess”

猜
cāi
to guess

The closest CC-CEDICT match for guess is 猜 (cāi), defined as: to guess.

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

猜 cāi
to guess, to conjecture, to suppose; to feel
radical 94 ⽝ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “guess”

WordPinyinMeaning
猜测 (猜測)cāi cèto guess; to conjecture
猜想cāi xiǎngto guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) conjecture; hypothesis
揣测 (揣測)chuǎi cèto guess; to conjecture
约莫 (約莫)yuē moto estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
料liàomaterial; stuff

Related words

Other words that share a character with 猜.

WordPinyinMeaning
猜测 (猜測)cāi cèto guess; to conjecture
猜想cāi xiǎngto guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) conjecture; hypothesis
猜疑cāi yíto suspect; to have misgivings
猜忌cāi jìto be suspicious and jealous of
竞猜 (競猜)jìng cāito try to predict the outcome of an event (for betting on sports results or for fun etc)
猜中cāi zhòngto guess correctly; to figure out the right answer

See also: Japanese symbol for “guess”.

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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