Chinese symbol for “indomitable”
不屈不挠
bù qū bù náo
Traditional: 不屈不撓
unyielding; indomitable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for indomitable is 不屈不挠 (bù qū bù náo), defined as: unyielding; indomitable.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不屈不挠.
| 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 |
| 屈服 | qū fú | to surrender; to succumb |
| 委屈 | wěi qu | wronged; aggrieved; to inconvenience; to put (sb) at a disadvantage; to do sb wrong |
| 屈辱 | qū rǔ | to humiliate; humiliating |
| 阻挠 (阻撓) | zǔ náo | to thwart; to obstruct (sth) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “indomitable”.
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.