Chinese symbol for “insufficient”
不足
bù zú
insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough
The closest CC-CEDICT match for insufficient is 不足 (bù zú), defined as: insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “insufficient”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不到 | bù dào | not to arrive; not reaching |
| 不够 (不夠) | bù gòu | not enough; insufficient |
| 过少 (過少) | guò shǎo | too few; insufficient |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不足.
| 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 |
| 足球 | zú qiú | soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football |
| 满足 (滿足) | mǎn zú | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of) |
| 足够 (足夠) | zú gòu | enough; sufficient |
See also: Japanese symbol for “insufficient”.
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.