Chinese symbol for “paradoxical”
吊诡
diào guǐ
Traditional: 弔詭
bizarre; paradoxical; a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子 (Zhuāng zǐ))
The closest CC-CEDICT match for paradoxical is 吊诡 (diào guǐ), defined as: bizarre; paradoxical; a paradox (from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 庄子 (Zhuāng zǐ)).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吊诡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吊销 (吊銷) | diào xiāo | to suspend (an agreement); to revoke |
| 上吊 | shàng diào | to hang oneself |
| 吊死 | diào sǐ | death by hanging; to hang oneself |
| 吊唁 | diào yàn | to offer condolences (for the deceased); to condole |
| 提心吊胆 (提心吊膽) | tí xīn diào dǎn | (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge |
| 诡异 (詭異) | guǐ yì | strange; weird |
| 诡计 (詭計) | guǐ jì | trick; ruse |
| 诡辩 (詭辯) | guǐ biàn | specious arguments; sophistry |
See also: Japanese symbol for “paradoxical”.
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.