Chinese symbol for “ignorant”
无知
wú zhī
Traditional: 無知
ignorant; ignorance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ignorant is 无知 (wú zhī), defined as: ignorant; ignorance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “ignorant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 愚昧 | yú mèi | ignorant; uneducated; ignorance |
| 侗 | tóng | ignorant |
| 蚩 | chī | ignorant; worm |
| 懵 | měng | (bound form) confused; ignorant |
| 倥 | kōng | ignorant; blank-minded |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无知.
| 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 |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ignorant”.
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.