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Chinese symbol for “illusory”

虚无缥缈
xū wú piāo miǎo
Traditional: 虛無縹緲
illusory; imaginary; fanciful

The closest CC-CEDICT match for illusory is 虚无缥缈 (xū wú piāo miǎo), defined as: illusory; imaginary; fanciful.

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

虚 xū
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
radical 141 ⾌ · 11 strokes
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
缥 piāo
dim, misty, indistinct; a silk veil
radical 120 ⽷ · 14 strokes
缈 miǎo
dim, indistinct; distant; minute
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “illusory”

WordPinyinMeaning
虚幻 (虛幻)xū huànimaginary; illusory
乌有 (烏有)wū yǒu(literary) not to exist; nonexistent; illusory

Related words

Other words that share a character with 虚无缥缈.

WordPinyinMeaning
虚拟 (虛擬)xū nǐto imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical
虚假 (虛假)xū jiǎfalse; phony; sham
虚构 (虛構)xū gòuto make up; fabrication
虚伪 (虛偽)xū wěifalse; hypocritical
空虚 (空虛)kōng xūhollow; emptiness
虚弱 (虛弱)xū ruòweak; in poor health
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
缥缈 (縹緲)piāo miǎovariant of 飘渺 (piāo miǎo)
飘缈 (飄緲)piāo miǎovariant of 飘渺 (piāo miǎo)

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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