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Chinese symbol for “inconvenient”

不便
bù biàn
inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inconvenient is 不便 (bù biàn), defined as: inconvenient; inappropriate; unsuitable; short of cash.

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
便 biàn
easy, convenient; expedient
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “inconvenient”

WordPinyinMeaning
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
碍难 (礙難)ài náninconvenient; difficult for some reason
不方便bù fāng biàninconvenience; inconvenient

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不便.

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
方便fāng biànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy
随便 (隨便)suí biànas one wishes; as one pleases
便宜biàn yíconvenient

See also: Japanese symbol for “inconvenient”.

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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