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Chinese symbol for “uncritical”

不闻不问
bù wén bù wèn
Traditional: 不聞不問
not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned

The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncritical is 不闻不问 (bù wén bù wèn), defined as: not to hear, not to question (idiom); to show no interest in sth; uncritical; not in the least concerned.

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
闻 wén
news; to hear, to smell; to make known
radical 169 ⾨ · 9 strokes
不
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
问 wèn
to ask about, to inquire after
radical 169 ⾨ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不闻不问.

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
新闻 (新聞)xīn wénnews; 条 (tiáo)
丑闻 (醜聞)chǒu wénscandal
闻名 (聞名)wén míngwell-known; famous
问题 (問題)wèn tíquestion; problem

See also: Japanese symbol for “uncritical”.

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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