Chinese symbol for “unafraid”
不畏
bù wèi
unafraid; to defy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unafraid is 不畏 (bù wèi), defined as: unafraid; to defy.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unafraid”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不含糊 | bù hán hu | unambiguous; unequivocal |
| 脸大 (臉大) | liǎn dà | bold; unafraid |
| 不惮 (不憚) | bù dàn | (literary) unafraid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不畏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 畏惧 (畏懼) | wèi jù | to fear; to dread |
| 敬畏 | jìng wèi | to revere |
| 畏缩 (畏縮) | wèi suō | to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil |
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.