Chinese symbol for “unwilling”
不愿
bù yuàn
Traditional: 不願
unwilling
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unwilling is 不愿 (bù yuàn), defined as: unwilling.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unwilling”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不愿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 愿意 (願意) | yuàn yì | to wish; to want |
| 愿望 (願望) | yuàn wàng | desire; wish |
| 自愿 (自願) | zì yuàn | voluntary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unwilling”.
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.