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Chinese symbol for “heartless”

绝情
jué qíng
Traditional: 絕情
heartless; without regard for others' feelings

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heartless is 绝情 (jué qíng), defined as: heartless; without regard for others' feelings.

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

绝 jué
to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes
情 qíng
emotion, feeling, sentiment
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “heartless”

WordPinyinMeaning
狠心hěn xīncallous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth)
无情 (無情)wú qíngpitiless; ruthless
寡情guǎ qíngheartless; unfeeling
没心没肺 (沒心沒肺)méi xīn méi fèisimple-minded; thoughtless
负心 (負心)fù xīnungrateful; heartless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 绝情.

WordPinyinMeaning
绝对 (絕對)jué duìabsolute; unconditional
拒绝 (拒絕)jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject
绝不 (絕不)jué bùin no way; not in the least; absolutely not
绝望 (絕望)jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope
绝大多数 (絕大多數)jué dà duō shùthe vast majority
灭绝 (滅絕)miè juéto become extinct; to die out; to lose (sth abstract) completely
情况 (情況)qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “heartless”.

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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