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Chinese symbol for “stereotyped”

了无新意
liǎo wú xīn yì
Traditional: 了無新意
unoriginal; stereotyped

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stereotyped is 了无新意 (liǎo wú xīn yì), defined as: unoriginal; stereotyped.

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

了 liǎo
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
新 xīn
new, recent, fresh, modern
radical 69 ⽄ · 13 strokes
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 了无新意.

WordPinyinMeaning
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
除了chú leapart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来[chu2 le5 ta1 , shei2 ye3 mei2 lai2] "apart from him, nobody ca
不了bù leno thanks (used to politely but informally decline)
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
新闻 (新聞)xīn wénnews; 条 (tiáo)
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to

See also: Japanese symbol for “stereotyped”.

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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