Chinese symbol for “inattentive”
不慎
bù shèn
incautious; inattentive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inattentive is 不慎 (bù shèn), defined as: incautious; inattentive.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “inattentive”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不慎.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 谨慎 (謹慎) | jǐn shèn | cautious; prudent |
| 慎重 | shèn zhòng | cautious; careful |
| 审慎 (審慎) | shěn shèn | prudent; cautious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inattentive”.
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.