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Chinese symbol for “unreasonable”

不合理
bù hé lǐ
unreasonable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unreasonable is 不合理 (bù hé lǐ), defined as: unreasonable.

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
合 hé
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
理 lǐ
science, reason, logic; to manage
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unreasonable”

WordPinyinMeaning
不像话 (不像話)bù xiàng huàunreasonable; shocking
矫情 (矯情)jiáo qing(Beijing dialect) argumentative; unreasonable
不象话 (不象話)bù xiàng huàunreasonable; shocking; outrageous
不可理喻bù kě lǐ yù(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable
无理 (無理)wú lǐirrational; unreasonable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不合理.

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
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite
结合 (結合)jié héto combine; to link
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage

See also: Japanese symbol for “unreasonable”.

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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