Chinese symbol for “unknown”
未知
wèi zhī
unknown
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unknown is 未知 (wèi zhī), defined as: unknown.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unknown”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不得而知 | bù dé ér zhī | unknown; unable to find out |
| 默默无闻 (默默無聞) | mò mò wú wén | (idiom) unknown; unrenowned |
| 未详 (未詳) | wèi xiáng | unknown; unclear |
| 不明 | bù míng | not clear; unknown |
| 不为人知 (不為人知) | bù wéi rén zhī | not known to anyone; secret |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 未知.
| 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) |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unknown”.
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.