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Chinese symbol for “unpredictable”

捉摸不定
zhuō mō bù dìng
(idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unpredictable is 捉摸不定 (zhuō mō bù dìng), defined as: (idiom) unpredictable; elusive; hard to pin down.

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

捉 zhuō
to clutch, to grasp, to seize
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes
摸 mō
to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
radical 64 ⼿ · 14 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unpredictable”

WordPinyinMeaning
变化莫测 (變化莫測)biàn huà mò cèunpredictable; changeable
诡谲多变 (詭譎多變)guǐ jué duō biàn(idiom) unpredictable; ever-changing
变幻莫测 (變幻莫測)biàn huàn mò cèto change unpredictably; unpredictable
叵测 (叵測)pǒ cèunfathomable; unpredictable
波谲云诡 (波譎雲詭)bō jué yún guǐ(idiom) ever-changing; unpredictable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 捉摸不定.

WordPinyinMeaning
捕捉bǔ zhuōto catch; to seize; to capture
活捉huó zhuōto capture alive
捉住zhuō zhùto catch; to grapple with
捉弄zhuō nòngto tease
捉拿zhuō náto arrest; to catch a criminal
捉摸zhuō mōto fathom; to make sense of
抚摸 (撫摸)fǔ mōto gently caress and stroke; to pet
触摸 (觸摸)chù mōto touch
不是bù shìno; is not
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))

See also: Japanese symbol for “unpredictable”.

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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