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Chinese symbol for “uneducated”

愚昧
yú mèi
ignorant; uneducated; ignorance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for uneducated is 愚昧 (yú mèi), defined as: ignorant; uneducated; ignorance.

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

愚 yú
stupid, foolish
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
昧 mèi
dark, hidden, obscure
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “uneducated”

WordPinyinMeaning
冬烘dōng hōngshallow; uneducated

Related words

Other words that share a character with 愚昧.

WordPinyinMeaning
愚蠢yú chǔnsilly; stupid
愚弄yú nòngto make a fool out of; to fool
愚笨yú bènstupid; clumsy
愚人yú rénstupid person; ignoramus
愚钝 (愚鈍)yú dùnstupid; slow-witted
暧昧 (曖昧)ài mèivague; ambiguous
蒙昧méng mèiuncultured; uncivilized
暧昧关系 (曖昧關係)ài mèi guān xìshady relationship; affair

See also: Japanese symbol for “uneducated”.

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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