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Chinese symbol for “unbuttoned”

无拘无束
wú jū wú shù
Traditional: 無拘無束
free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unbuttoned is 无拘无束 (wú jū wú shù), defined as: free and unconstrained (idiom); unfettered; unbuttoned; without care or worries.

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
拘 jū
to detain, to restrain, to seize
radical 64 ⼿ · 8 strokes
无
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
束 shù
to bind, to control, to restrain; bale
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unbuttoned”

WordPinyinMeaning
开襟 (開襟)kāi jīnbuttoned Chinese tunic; unbuttoned (to cool down)
虚掩 (虛掩)xū yǎnto partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked
疏放shū fàngeccentric; self-indulgent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无拘无束.

WordPinyinMeaning
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
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
拘留jū liúto detain (as a prisoner); to keep sb in custody
拘捕jū bǔto arrest
结束 (結束)jié shùto end; to finish; to conclude

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.