Chinese symbol for “uncertain”
渺茫
miǎo máng
uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncertain is 渺茫 (miǎo máng), defined as: uncertain; remote; distant and indistinct; vague.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “uncertain”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无把握 (無把握) | wú bǎ wò | uncertain |
| 悬空 (懸空) | xuán kōng | to hang in the air; suspended in midair |
| 渺渺茫茫 | miǎo miǎo máng máng | uncertain; unknown |
| 没底 (沒底) | méi dǐ | unsure; uncertain |
| 未卜 | wèi bǔ | (literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 渺茫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 渺小 | miǎo xiǎo | minute; tiny |
| 飘渺 (飄渺) | piāo miǎo | faintly discernible; indistinct; misty |
| 浩渺 | hào miǎo | vast; extending into the distance |
| 前途渺茫 | qián tú miǎo máng | not knowing what to do next; at a loose end |
| 渺无人烟 (渺無人煙) | miǎo wú rén yān | remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted; God-forsaken |
| 迷茫 | mí máng | vast and indistinct; perplexed |
| 茫茫 | máng máng | boundless; vast and obscure |
| 茫然 | máng rán | blankly; vacantly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “uncertain”.
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.