Chinese symbol for “unadorned”
朴素
pǔ sù
Traditional: 樸素
plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unadorned is 朴素 (pǔ sù), defined as: plain and simple; unadorned; simple living; not frivolous.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unadorned”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赤裸裸 | chì luǒ luǒ | bare; naked |
| 朴实无华 (樸實無華) | pǔ shí wú huá | (idiom) simple; plain; unadorned |
| 质朴 (質樸) | zhì pǔ | simple; plain |
| 缦 (縵) | màn | plain thin silk; slow |
| 素朴 (素樸) | sù pǔ | simple; unadorned |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 朴素.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朴实 (樸實) | pǔ shí | plain; simple |
| 简朴 (簡樸) | jiǎn pǔ | (of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain |
| 质朴 (質樸) | zhì pǔ | simple; plain |
| 淳朴 (淳樸) | chún pǔ | simple and honest; unsophisticated |
| 古朴 (古樸) | gǔ pǔ | simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) |
| 因素 | yīn sù | element; factor |
| 素质 (素質) | sù zhì | inner quality; basic essence |
| 元素 | yuán sù | element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unadorned”.
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.