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Chinese symbol for “ungrateful”

负心
fù xīn
Traditional: 負心
ungrateful; heartless; to fail to be loyal to one's love

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ungrateful is 负心 (fù xīn), defined as: ungrateful; heartless; to fail to be loyal to one's love.

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

负 fù
load, burden; to carry, to bear
radical 154 ⾙ · 6 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ungrateful”

WordPinyinMeaning
知恩不报 (知恩不報)zhī ēn bù bàoungrateful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 负心.

WordPinyinMeaning
负责 (負責)fù zéto be responsible for; to be in charge of; to bear responsibility for; conscientious
负责人 (負責人)fù zé rénperson in charge
负担 (負擔)fù dānto bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden
负面 (負面)fù miànnegative; the negative side
欺负 (欺負)qī futo bully
担负 (擔負)dān fùto shoulder; to bear
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried

See also: Japanese symbol for “ungrateful”.

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.