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Chinese symbol for “inexperienced”

资浅
zī qiǎn
Traditional: 資淺
inexperienced; junior (employee etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inexperienced is 资浅 (zī qiǎn), defined as: inexperienced; junior (employee etc).

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

资 zī
wealth, property, capital
radical 154 ⾙ · 10 strokes
浅 qiǎn
shallow, superficial
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “inexperienced”

WordPinyinMeaning
嫩nènyoung and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked
没经验 (沒經驗)méi jīng yàninexperienced
涉世未深shè shì wèi shēnunpracticed; inexperienced

Related words

Other words that share a character with 资浅.

WordPinyinMeaning
资料 (資料)zī liàomaterial; resources
资源 (資源)zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
投资 (投資)tóu zīinvestment; to invest
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
资本 (資本)zī běncapital (economics)
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority
肤浅 (膚淺)fū qiǎnsuperficial; shallow
搁浅 (擱淺)gē qiǎnto run aground; to become stranded; (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standstill; to stall

See also: Japanese symbol for “inexperienced”.

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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