Chinese symbol for “overlook”
遗漏
yí lòu
Traditional: 遺漏
to overlook; to miss; to omit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for overlook is 遗漏 (yí lòu), defined as: to overlook; to miss; to omit.
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 “overlook”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忽视 (忽視) | hū shì | to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore |
| 俯视 (俯視) | fǔ shì | to overlook; to look down at |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 缺漏 | quē lòu | to overlook; omissions |
| 忘 | wàng | to forget; to overlook |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遗漏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret; to regret |
| 遗址 (遺址) | yí zhǐ | ruins; historic relics |
| 遗产 (遺產) | yí chǎn | heritage; legacy |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遗体 (遺體) | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 漏洞 | lòu dòng | leak; hole |
| 泄漏 (洩漏) | xiè lòu | (of a liquid or gas) to leak; to divulge; to leak (information) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “overlook”.
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.