Chinese symbol for “unnecessarily”
无谓
wú wèi
Traditional: 無謂
pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unnecessarily is 无谓 (wú wèi), defined as: pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 无谓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无法 (無法) | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 无限 (無限) | wú xiàn | unlimited; unbounded; infinite |
| 无关 (無關) | wú guān | unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) |
| 无数 (無數) | wú shù | countless; numberless |
| 所谓 (所謂) | suǒ wèi | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called |
| 无所谓 (無所謂) | wú suǒ wèi | to be indifferent; not to matter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unnecessarily”.
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.