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Chinese symbol for “nihilism”

虚无主义
xū wú zhǔ yì
Traditional: 虛無主義
nihilism

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nihilism is 虚无主义 (xū wú zhǔ yì), defined as: nihilism.

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

虚 xū
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
radical 141 ⾌ · 11 strokes
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 虚无主义.

WordPinyinMeaning
虚拟 (虛擬)xū nǐto imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical
虚假 (虛假)xū jiǎfalse; phony; sham
虚构 (虛構)xū gòuto make up; fabrication
虚伪 (虛偽)xū wěifalse; hypocritical
空虚 (空虛)kōng xūhollow; emptiness
虚弱 (虛弱)xū ruòweak; in poor health
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning

See also: Japanese symbol for “nihilism”.

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.