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Chinese symbol for “understandable”

未可厚非
wèi kě hòu fēi
not to be censured too strictly (idiom); not altogether inexcusable; understandable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for understandable is 未可厚非 (wèi kě hòu fēi), defined as: not to be censured too strictly (idiom); not altogether inexcusable; understandable.

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

未 wèi
not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
厚 hòu
generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
radical 27 ⼚ · 9 strokes
非 fēi
not, negative, non-; to oppose
radical 175 ⾮ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 未可厚非.

WordPinyinMeaning
未来 (未來)wèi láifuture; tomorrow
尚未shàng wèinot yet; still not
从未 (從未)cóng wèinever
并未 (並未)bìng wèi(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
未能wèi néngcannot; to fail to
未经 (未經)wèi jīngnot having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
浓厚 (濃厚)nóng hòudense; thick (fog, clouds etc)
非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary

See also: Japanese symbol for “understandable”.

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.