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Chinese symbol for “unclean”

不干不净
bù gān bù jìng
Traditional: 不乾不淨
unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unclean is 不干不净 (bù gān bù jìng), defined as: unclean; filthy; foul-mouthed.

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
干 gān
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
radical 51 ⼲ · 3 strokes
不
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
净 jìng
clean, pure; to cleanse
radical 15 ⼎ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unclean”

WordPinyinMeaning
黑龌 (黑齷)hēi wòunclean; filthy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不干不净.

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
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
干净 (乾淨)gān jìngclean; neat
干嘛 (幹嘛)gàn máwhat are you doing?; whatever for?
净化 (淨化)jìng huàto purify

See also: Japanese symbol for “unclean”.

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.

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