Chinese symbol for “missing”
去向不明
qù xiàng bù míng
missing; lost
The closest CC-CEDICT match for missing is 去向不明 (qù xiàng bù míng), defined as: missing; lost.
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
Other Chinese words for “missing”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 去向不明.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过去 (過去) | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by |
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 下去 | xià qù | to go down; to descend |
| 出去 | chū qù | to go out |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
| 倾向 (傾向) | qīng xiàng | trend; tendency |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “missing”.
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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