Chinese symbol for “obtuse”
聩
kuì
Traditional: 聵
born deaf; deaf; obtuse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for obtuse is 聩 (kuì), defined as: born deaf; deaf; obtuse.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “obtuse”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 聩.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 振聋发聩 (振聾發聵) | zhèn lóng fā kuì | lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic |
| 昏聩 (昏聵) | hūn kuì | muddle-headed |
| 发聋振聩 (發聾振聵) | fā lóng zhèn kuì | lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic |
| 聋聩 (聾聵) | lóng kuì | deaf; fig. stupid and ignorant |
See also: Japanese symbol for “obtuse”.
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.