Chinese symbol for “thoughtless”
混
hùn
to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thoughtless is 混 (hùn), defined as: to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “thoughtless”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粗心 | cū xīn | careless; thoughtless |
| 不周 | bù zhōu | not satisfactory; thoughtless |
| 不注意 | bù zhù yì | thoughtless; not pay attention to |
| 没心没肺 (沒心沒肺) | méi xīn méi fèi | simple-minded; thoughtless |
| 着三不着两 (著三不著兩) | zháo sān bù zháo liǎng | scatter-brained; thoughtless |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 混.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 混乱 (混亂) | hùn luàn | confused; chaotic; disorderly |
| 混合 | hùn hé | to mix; to blend; hybrid; composite |
| 混凝土 | hùn níng tǔ | concrete (building material) |
| 混淆 | hùn xiáo | to obscure; to confuse |
| 混蛋 | hún dàn | scoundrel; bastard |
| 混沌 | hùn dùn | primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology); (of a situation) confused; chaotic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thoughtless”.
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.