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Chinese symbol for “indefinite”

不定
bù dìng
indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious

The closest CC-CEDICT match for indefinite is 不定 (bù dìng), defined as: indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “indefinite”

WordPinyinMeaning
不明确 (不明確)bù míng quèindefinite; unclear

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不定.

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
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
规定 (規定)guī dìngto stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations

See also: Japanese symbol for “indefinite”.

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.