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Chinese symbol for “possibly”

或
huò
maybe; perhaps; might; possibly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for possibly is 或 (huò), defined as: maybe; perhaps; might; possibly; or.

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

或 huò
or, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possibly
radical 62 ⼽ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “possibly”

WordPinyinMeaning
或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps
作兴 (作興)zuò xīngmaybe; possibly
有可能yǒu kě néngpossible; probable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 或.

WordPinyinMeaning
或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps
或许 (或許)huò xǔperhaps; maybe
或是huò shìor; either one or the other
抑或yì huòor; could it be that...?
或称 (或稱)huò chēngalso called; also known as
不可或缺bù kě huò quēnecessary; must have

See also: Japanese symbol for “possibly”.

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.

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