Chinese symbol for “unworthy”
菲
fěi
poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unworthy is 菲 (fěi), defined as: poor; humble; unworthy; radish (old).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “unworthy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不肖 | bù xiào | (literary) unlike one's parents; degenerate |
| 不值得 | bù zhí de | unworthy |
| 无似 (無似) | wú sì | extremely; unworthy (self-deprecatory term) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 菲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不菲 | bù fěi | (of a price, expense, income etc.) considerable; substantial |
| 菲力 | fēi lì | fillet (loanword) |
| 菲菲 | fēi fēi | very fragrant; luxurious |
| 菲林 | fēi lín | (dialect) film (loanword); roll of film |
| 妄自菲薄 | wàng zì fěi bó | to be unduly humble (idiom); to undervalue oneself |
| 菲薄 | fěi bó | humble; meager |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unworthy”.
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.