Chinese symbol for “indelible”

不可磨灭

bù kě mó miè

Traditional: 不可磨滅

indelible

The closest CC-CEDICT match for indelible is 不可磨灭 (bù kě mó miè), defined as: indelible.

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Characters and stroke order

不 bù

no, not, un-; negative prefix

radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes

可 kě

may, can, -able; possibly

radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

磨 mó

millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out

radical 112 ⽯ · 16 strokes

灭 miè

to extinguish; to wipe out

radical 86 ⽕ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

滅 miè

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不可磨灭.

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
可以	kě yǐ	can; may
可能	kě néng	might (happen); possible
可是	kě shì	but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
折磨	zhé mó	to torment; to torture
消灭 (消滅)	xiāo miè	to put an end to; to annihilate

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.