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Chinese symbol for “inevitable”

必然
bì rán
inevitable; certain; necessity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inevitable is 必然 (bì rán), defined as: inevitable; certain; necessity.

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

必 bì
surely, certainly; must; will
radical 61 ⼼ · 5 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “inevitable”

WordPinyinMeaning
不可避免bù kě bì miǎn(idiom) inevitable; unavoidable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 必然.

WordPinyinMeaning
必须 (必須)bì xūmust; to have to
必要bì yàonecessary; essential
不必bù bìneed not; does not have to
未必wèi bìnot necessarily; maybe not
必定bì dìngto be bound to; to be sure to
虽然 (雖然)suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc)
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly natural; as it should be

See also: Japanese symbol for “inevitable”.

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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