Chinese symbol for “selfless”
无私
wú sī
Traditional: 無私
selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for selfless is 无私 (wú sī), defined as: selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic.
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 “selfless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大公无私 (大公無私) | dà gōng wú sī | selfless; impartial |
| 舍己 (捨己) | shě jǐ | selfless; self-sacrifice (to help others) |
| 公而忘私 | gōng ér wàng sī | for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically; selfless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无私.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 无关 (無關) | wú guān | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless; numberless |
| 私人 | sī rén | private; personal |
| 隐私 (隱私) | yǐn sī | secrets; private business |
See also: Japanese symbol for “selfless”.
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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