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Chinese symbol for “variegated”

驳
bó
Traditional: 駁
variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict

The closest CC-CEDICT match for variegated is 驳 (bó), defined as: variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge.

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

驳 bó
variegated, motley; to refuse, to dispute
radical 187 ⾺ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “variegated”

WordPinyinMeaning
斑驳陆离 (斑駮陸離)bān bó lù lívariegated
斑bānspot; colored patch
绚 (絢)xuànadorned; swift
斒bānvariegated; striped
綦qídark gray; superlative

Related words

Other words that share a character with 驳.

WordPinyinMeaning
反驳 (反駁)fǎn bóto retort; to refute
驳回 (駁回)bó huíto reject; to turn down
驳斥 (駁斥)bó chìto refute; to debunk
批驳 (批駁)pī bóto criticize; to refute
辩驳 (辯駁)biàn bóto dispute; to refute
接驳 (接駁)jiē bóto access; to transfer passengers between two railway lines

See also: Japanese symbol for “variegated”.

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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