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Chinese symbol for “undue”

甚
shèn
excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undue is 甚 (shèn), defined as: excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2]).

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

甚 shèn
considerably; very, extremely; a great extent
radical 99 ⽢ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “undue”

WordPinyinMeaning
过分 (過分)guò fènexcessive; undue; unduly; overly

Related words

Other words that share a character with 甚.

WordPinyinMeaning
甚至shèn zhìeven; so much so that
甚为 (甚為)shèn wéivery; extremely
甚或shèn huòso much so that; to the extent that
甚至于 (甚至於)shèn zhì yúso much (that); even (to the extent that)
更有甚者gèng yǒu shèn zhěfurthermore (idiom)
甚微shèn wēivery small; very little

See also: Japanese symbol for “undue”.

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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