Chinese symbol for “unfathomable”
不可思议
bù kě sī yì
Traditional: 不可思議
(idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unfathomable is 不可思议 (bù kě sī yì), defined as: (idiom) inconceivable; unimaginable; unfathomable.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unfathomable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叵测 (叵測) | pǒ cè | unfathomable; unpredictable |
| 神秘莫测 (神祕莫測) | shén mì mò cè | mystery; unfathomable |
| 莫测高深 (莫測高深) | mò cè gāo shēn | enigmatic; beyond one's depth |
| 不可端倪 | bù kě duān ní | impossible to get even an outline (idiom); unfathomable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不可思议.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen); possible |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however; (used for emphasis) indeed |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
| 会议 (會議) | huì yì | meeting; conference |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unfathomable”.
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.