King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “irresistible”

不可抗拒
bù kě kàng jù
act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for irresistible is 不可抗拒 (bù kě kàng jù), defined as: act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom).

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
抗 kàng
to defy, to fight, to resist
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
拒 jù
to defend, to ward off; to refuse
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不可抗拒.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
可是kě shìbut; however; (used for emphasis) indeed
抗议 (抗議)kàng yìto protest; protest
拒绝 (拒絕)jù juéto refuse; to decline; to reject

See also: Japanese symbol for “irresistible”.

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.