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Chinese symbol for “unfounded”

不实
bù shí
Traditional: 不實
untrue; false; unfounded; (literary) (of a plant) to not bear fruit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unfounded is 不实 (bù shí), defined as: untrue; false; unfounded; (literary) (of a plant) to not bear fruit.

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
实 shí
real, true; honest, sincere
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unfounded”

WordPinyinMeaning
架空jià kōngto build (a hut etc) on stilts; to install (power lines etc) overhead
没影 (沒影)méi yǐngto vanish; to be nowhere to be found
不见经传 (不見經傳)bù jiàn jīng zhuànnot found in the classics (idiom); unknown; unfounded

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不实.

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
其实 (其實)qí shíactually; in fact; really
实现 (實現)shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
实施 (實施)shí shīto implement; to carry out

See also: Japanese symbol for “unfounded”.

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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