Chinese symbol for “harmless”
无害
wú hài
Traditional: 無害
harmless
The closest CC-CEDICT match for harmless is 无害 (wú hài), defined as: harmless.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “harmless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无毒 (無毒) | wú dú | harmless; innocuous |
| 无伤大雅 (無傷大雅) | wú shāng dà yǎ | (of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom); harmless |
| 温驯 (溫馴) | wēn xùn | docile; meek |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无害.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 无关 (無關) | wú guān | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless; numberless |
| 伤害 (傷害) | shāng hài | to injure; to harm |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
See also: Japanese symbol for “harmless”.
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.