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Chinese symbol for “drone”

无人机
wú rén jī
Traditional: 無人機
drone; unmanned aerial vehicle

The closest CC-CEDICT match for drone is 无人机 (wú rén jī), defined as: drone; unmanned aerial vehicle.

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
机 jī
desk; machine; moment, opportunity
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “drone”

WordPinyinMeaning
雄蜂xióng fēngdrone (bee)
嗡嗡wēng wēng(onom.) buzz; drone; hum
嗡wēng(onom.) buzz; hum
嗡嗡声 (嗡嗡聲)wēng wēng shēnghum; drone
嗡嗡叫wēng wēng jiàohum; drone

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无人机.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
机构 (機構)jī gòumechanism; structure

See also: Japanese symbol for “drone”.

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.