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Chinese symbol for “unknowingly”

不知
bù zhī
not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unknowingly is 不知 (bù zhī), defined as: not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc).

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
知 zhī
to know, to perceive, to comprehend
radical 111 ⽮ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不知.

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
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
知识 (知識)zhī shiknowledge; 门 (mén)
通知tōng zhīto notify; to inform

See also: Japanese symbol for “unknowingly”.

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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