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Chinese symbol for “unclear”

不清
bù qīng
unclear

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unclear is 不清 (bù qīng), defined as: unclear.

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
清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unclear”

WordPinyinMeaning
含糊不清hán hú bù qīngunclear; indistinct
乌涂 (烏塗)wū tuunclear; not straightforward
牵扯不清 (牽扯不清)qiān chě bù qīngunclear; ambiguous; having an unclear relationship with
不清楚bù qīng chuunclear; not understood
含混hán hùnvague; unclear

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不清.

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
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
清理qīng lǐto clear up; to tidy up
清晰qīng xīclear; distinct

See also: Japanese symbol for “unclear”.

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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