Chinese symbol for “never”
从未
cóng wèi
Traditional: 從未
never
The closest CC-CEDICT match for never is 从未 (cóng wèi), defined as: never.
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 “never”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从不 (從不) | cóng bù | never |
| 从来不 (從來不) | cóng lái bù | never |
| 从没 (從沒) | cóng méi | never (in the past); never did |
| 永不 | yǒng bù | never; will never |
| 从来 (從來) | cóng lái | always; at all times |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 从未.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 从事 (從事) | cóng shì | to go for; to engage in |
| 从而 (從而) | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 从来 (從來) | cóng lái | always; at all times |
| 自从 (自從) | zì cóng | since (a time); ever since |
| 从此 (從此) | cóng cǐ | from now on; since then |
| 未来 (未來) | wèi lái | future; tomorrow |
| 尚未 | shàng wèi | not yet; still not |
| 并未 (並未) | bìng wèi | (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ... |
See also: Japanese symbol for “never”.
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.