Chinese symbol for “negative”
负面
fù miàn
Traditional: 負面
negative; the negative side
The closest CC-CEDICT match for negative is 负面 (fù miàn), defined as: negative; the negative side.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “negative”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 消极 (消極) | xiāo jí | negative; passive |
| 阴性 (陰性) | yīn xìng | negative; feminine |
| 底片 | dǐ piàn | negative; photographic plate |
| 负片 (負片) | fù piàn | negative (in photography) |
| 负 (負) | fù | to bear; to carry (on one's back) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 负面.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 负责 (負責) | fù zé | to be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious |
| 负责人 (負責人) | fù zé rén | person in charge |
| 负担 (負擔) | fù dān | to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden |
| 欺负 (欺負) | qī fu | to bully |
| 担负 (擔負) | dān fù | to shoulder; to bear |
| 方面 | fāng miàn | respect; aspect |
| 里面 (裏面) | lǐ miàn | variant of 里面 (lǐ miàn) |
| 面积 (面積) | miàn jī | area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area |
See also: Japanese symbol for “negative”.
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.