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Chinese symbol for “unfulfilled”

未了
wèi liǎo
unfinished; outstanding (business); unfulfilled

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unfulfilled 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

未 wèi
not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
了 liǎo
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unfulfilled”

WordPinyinMeaning
未遂wèi suìto fail to accomplish; unsuccessful (attempt); abortive (coup d'état); attempted (murder, suicide); unfulfilled (wish)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 未了.

WordPinyinMeaning
未来 (未來)wèi láifuture; tomorrow
尚未shàng wèinot yet; still not
从未 (從未)cóng wèinever
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 néngcannot; to fail to
未经 (未經)wèi jīngnot having undergone; without (having gone though a certain process)
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out

See also: Japanese symbol for “unfulfilled”.

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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