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Chinese symbol for “imperfect”

不完善
bù wán shàn
imperfect

The closest CC-CEDICT match for imperfect is 不完善 (bù wán shàn), defined as: imperfect.

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
完 wán
to complete, to finish, to settle; whole
radical 40 ⼧ · 7 strokes
善 shàn
good, virtuous, charitable, kind
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不完善.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
完全wán quáncomplete; whole; totally; entirely
完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish
完美wán měiperfect
改善gǎi shànto make better; to improve

See also: Japanese symbol for “imperfect”.

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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