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Chinese symbol for “buzzing”

叽叽喳喳
jī jī zhā zhā
Traditional: 嘰嘰喳喳
(onom.) chirp; twitter; buzzing; to chatter continuously

The closest CC-CEDICT match for buzzing is 叽叽喳喳 (jī jī zhā zhā), defined as: (onom.) chirp; twitter; buzzing; to chatter continuously.

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

叽 jī
to grumble; to sigh
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
叽
叽 jī
to grumble; to sigh
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
喳 zhā
to whisper
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes
喳
喳 zhā
to whisper
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 叽叽喳喳.

WordPinyinMeaning
叽里咕噜 (嘰里咕嚕)jī li gū lūsee 叽哩咕噜 (jī li gū lū)
磨叽 (磨嘰)mò ji(dialect) to dawdle; to waste time
叽哩咕噜 (嘰哩咕嚕)jī li gū lū(onom.) to jabber; to rumble
哔叽 (嗶嘰)bì jīserge (loanword)
叽叽咕咕 (嘰嘰咕咕)jī ji gū gū(onom.) to mutter; to mumble
喳喳chā chā(onom.) whisper
唧唧喳喳jī jī zhā zhā(onom.) chattering or giggling
嘁嘁喳喳qī qi chā chāchattering

See also: Japanese symbol for “buzzing”.

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.