Chinese symbol for “unwise”
失策
shī cè
to blunder; to miscalculate; miscalculation; unwise (move)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unwise is 失策 (shī cè), defined as: to blunder; to miscalculate; miscalculation; unwise (move).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unwise”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 失策.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |
| 失败 (失敗) | shī bài | to be defeated; to lose |
| 消失 | xiāo shī | to disappear; to fade away |
| 损失 (損失) | sǔn shī | loss; damage |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope |
| 失业 (失業) | shī yè | unemployment; to lose one's job |
| 政策 | zhèng cè | policy; 个 (gè) |
| 策略 | cè lüè | strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unwise”.
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.