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Chinese symbol for “incurable”

无可救药
wú kě jiù yào
Traditional: 無可救藥
(idiom) (of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any possibility of correction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for incurable is 无可救药 (wú kě jiù yào), defined as: (idiom) (of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any possibility of correction.

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
救 jiù
aid, help; to rescue, to save
radical 66 ⽁ · 11 strokes
药 yào
drugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica plant
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “incurable”

WordPinyinMeaning
没救 (沒救)méi jiùbeyond saving; hopeless; incurable
没治 (沒治)méi zhìhopeless; helpless

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无可救药.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
拯救zhěng jiùto save; to rescue
药物 (藥物)yào wùmedicaments; pharmaceuticals

See also: Japanese symbol for “incurable”.

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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