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Chinese symbol for “vague”

模糊
mó hu
vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vague is 模糊 (mó hu), defined as: vague; indistinct; fuzzy; to blur; to obscure; to confuse; to mix up.

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

模 mó
model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
radical 75 ⽊ · 15 strokes
糊 hu
muddled; paste; to stick on with paste
radical 119 ⽶ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “vague”

WordPinyinMeaning
暧昧 (曖昧)ài mèivague; ambiguous
隐约 (隱約)yǐn yuēvague; faint; indistinct
隐晦 (隱晦)yǐn huìvague; ambiguous
含混hán hùnvague; unclear
含糊hán huambiguous; vague

Related words

Other words that share a character with 模糊.

WordPinyinMeaning
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
规模 (規模)guī móscale; scope; extent
大规模 (大規模)dà guī mólarge scale; extensive
模型mó xíngmodel; mold
模拟 (模擬)mó nǐimitation; to simulate
模特mó tè(fashion) model (loanword)
糊涂 (糊塗)hú tumuddled; silly
含糊hán huambiguous; vague

See also: Japanese symbol for “vague”.

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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