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Chinese symbol for “unwelcome”

不受欢迎
bù shòu huān yíng
Traditional: 不受歡迎
unwelcome

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unwelcome is 不受欢迎 (bù shòu huān yíng), defined as: unwelcome.

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
受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
欢 huān
happy, glad, joyful
radical 76 ⽋ · 6 strokes
迎 yíng
to welcome, to receive, to greet
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不受欢迎.

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
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
喜欢 (喜歡)xǐ huanto like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased
欢迎 (歡迎)huān yíngto welcome; welcome

See also: Japanese symbol for “unwelcome”.

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.