Chinese symbol for “drops”
涓滴
juān dī
tiny stream; trickle; drops; tiny trickle of funds
The closest CC-CEDICT match for drops is 涓滴 (juān dī), defined as: tiny stream; trickle; drops; tiny trickle of funds.
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 涓滴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涓涓 | juān juān | a trickle; tiny stream |
| 涓吉 | juān jí | to choose an auspicious day |
| 涓埃 | juān āi | tiny stream of dust; tiny things |
| 涓埃之力 | juān āi zhī lì | negligible force (idiom); tiny force |
| 涓滴归公 (涓滴歸公) | juān dī guī gōng | every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused |
| 点滴 (點滴) | diǎn dī | a drip; a little bit |
| 水滴 | shuǐ dī | drop of water |
| 一点一滴 (一點一滴) | yī diǎn yī dī | bit by bit; every little bit |
See also: Japanese symbol for “drops”.
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.