Chinese symbol for “unfinished”
未了
wèi liǎo
unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unfinished is 未了 (wèi liǎo), defined as: unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled.
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
Other Chinese words for “unfinished”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未竟 | wèi jìng | unfinished; incomplete |
| 烂尾 (爛尾) | làn wěi | (of a construction project etc) unfinished; derailed (due to critical setbacks) |
| 余留 (餘留) | yú liú | remainder; fractional part (after the decimal point) |
| 未成 | wèi chéng | incomplete; unfinished |
| 半半拉拉 | bàn bàn lā lā | incomplete; unfinished |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 未了.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未来 (未來) | wèi lái | future; tomorrow |
| 尚未 | shàng wèi | not yet; still not |
| 从未 (從未) | cóng wèi | never |
| 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 néng | cannot; to fail to |
| 未经 (未經) | wèi jīng | not having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process) |
| 为了 (為了) | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 了解 | liǎo jiě | to understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unfinished”.
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.