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Chinese symbol for “unselfish”

无私
wú sī
Traditional: 無私
selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unselfish is 无私 (wú sī), defined as: selfless; unselfish; disinterested; altruistic.

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
私 sī
personal, private, secret; selfish
radical 115 ⽲ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unselfish”

WordPinyinMeaning
襟怀坦白 (襟懷坦白)jīn huái tǎn báiopen and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous
胸怀坦荡 (胸懷坦蕩)xiōng huái tǎn dàngopen and candid (idiom); not hiding anything; ingenuous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无私.

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
私人sī rénprivate; personal
隐私 (隱私)yǐn sīsecrets; private business

See also: Japanese symbol for “unselfish”.

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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