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Chinese symbol for “ufo”

不明飞行物
bù míng fēi xíng wù
Traditional: 不明飛行物
UFO (unidentified flying object)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ufo is 不明飞行物 (bù míng fēi xíng wù), defined as: UFO (unidentified flying object).

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
飞 fēi
to fly, to dart; high
radical 183 ⾶ · 3 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ufo”

WordPinyinMeaning
幽浮yōu fú(Tw) (loanword) UFO; unidentified flying object

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不明飞行物.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
飞机 (飛機)fēi jīairplane; measure word: 架 (jià)
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “ufo”.

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.