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Chinese symbol for “mystified”

云里雾里
yún lǐ wù lǐ
Traditional: 雲裡霧裡
amidst the clouds and mist; (fig.) mystified; puzzled

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mystified is 云里雾里 (yún lǐ wù lǐ), defined as: amidst the clouds and mist; (fig.) mystified; puzzled.

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

云 yún
cloud; to say, to speak
radical 7 ⼆ · 4 strokes
里 lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
radical 166 ⾥ · 7 strokes
雾 wù
fog, mist, vapor, fine spray
radical 173 ⾬ · 13 strokes
里
里 lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
radical 166 ⾥ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 云里雾里.

WordPinyinMeaning
风云 (風雲)fēng yúnweather; unstable situation
白云 (白雲)bái yúnwhite cloud
云端 (雲端)yún duānhigh in the clouds; (computing) the cloud
云集 (雲集)yún jíto gather (in a crowd); to converge
星云 (星雲)xīng yúnnebula
乌云 (烏雲)wū yúnblack cloud
这里 (這裏)zhè lǐvariant of 这里 (zhè lǐ)
哪里 (哪裏)nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere
烟雾 (煙霧)yān wùsmoke; mist
那里 (那裏)nà lithere; that place

See also: Japanese symbol for “mystified”.

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.