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Chinese symbol for “undesirable”

不如人意
bù rú rén yì
leaving much to be desired; unsatisfactory; undesirable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undesirable is 不如人意 (bù rú rén yì), defined as: leaving much to be desired; unsatisfactory; undesirable.

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
如 rú
as, as if, like, such as, supposing
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不如人意.

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
如果rú guǒif; in case; in the event that
如何rú héhow; what way
如此rú cǐlike this; so; such
人民rén mínthe people
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to

See also: Japanese symbol for “undesirable”.

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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