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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.

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
谓 wèi
to call, to say, to tell; name, title; meaning
radical 149 ⾔ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无谓.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
所谓 (所謂)suǒ wèiwhat is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called
无所谓 (無所謂)wú suǒ wèito 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.

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