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Chinese symbol for “refuse”

拒绝
jù jué
Traditional: 拒絕
to refuse; to decline; to reject

The closest CC-CEDICT match for refuse is 拒绝 (jù jué), defined as: to refuse; to decline; to reject.

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

拒 jù
to defend, to ward off; to refuse
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
绝 jué
to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
radical 120 ⽷ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “refuse”

WordPinyinMeaning
拒签 (拒簽)jù qiānto refuse (a visa application etc)
推tuīto push; to cut
垃圾lā jītrash; refuse
抵制dǐ zhìto resist; to boycott
拒jùto resist; to repel

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拒绝.

WordPinyinMeaning
抗拒kàng jùto resist; to defy
遭拒zāo jùto meet with a refusal (e.g. visa); to have an application rejected
婉拒wǎn jùto tactfully decline; to turn down gracefully
拒收jù shōuto reject; to refuse to accept
拒捕jù bǔto resist arrest
绝对 (絕對)jué duìabsolute; unconditional
绝不 (絕不)jué bùin no way; not in the least; absolutely not
绝望 (絕望)jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope

See also: Japanese symbol for “refuse”.

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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