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Chinese symbol for “misgivings”

顾虑
gù lǜ
Traditional: 顧慮
misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about

The closest CC-CEDICT match for misgivings is 顾虑 (gù lǜ), defined as: misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about.

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

顾 gù
to look back; to look at; to look after
radical 181 ⾴ · 10 strokes
虑 lǜ
anxious, concerned, worried
radical 141 ⾌ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “misgivings”

WordPinyinMeaning
疑惧 (疑懼)yí jùmisgivings
疑惑yí huòto doubt; to distrust
疑虑 (疑慮)yí lǜhesitation; misgivings
猜疑cāi yíto suspect; to have misgivings

Related words

Other words that share a character with 顾虑.

WordPinyinMeaning
照顾 (照顧)zhào guto take care of; to show consideration
顾问 (顧問)gù wènadviser; consultant
顾客 (顧客)gù kècustomer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi)
回顾 (回顧)huí gùto look back; to review
不顾 (不顧)bù gùin spite of; regardless of
考虑 (考慮)kǎo lǜto think over; to consider
焦虑 (焦慮)jiāo lǜanxious; worried
忧虑 (憂慮)yōu lǜto worry; anxiety (about)

See also: Japanese symbol for “misgivings”.

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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