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Chinese symbol for “ignorance”

无知
wú zhī
Traditional: 無知
ignorant; ignorance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ignorance is 无知 (wú zhī), defined as: ignorant; ignorance.

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
知 zhī
to know, to perceive, to comprehend
radical 111 ⽮ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ignorance”

WordPinyinMeaning
愚昧yú mèiignorant; uneducated; ignorance
无明 (無明)wú míngavidya (Buddhism); ignorance

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无知.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
知识 (知識)zhī shiknowledge; 门 (mén)

See also: Japanese symbol for “ignorance”.

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.