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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

涓 juān
brook, stream; pure; to select
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
滴 dī
to drip; a drop of water
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 涓滴.

WordPinyinMeaning
涓涓juān juāna trickle; tiny stream
涓吉juān jíto choose an auspicious day
涓埃juān āitiny stream of dust; tiny things
涓埃之力juān āi zhī lìnegligible force (idiom); tiny force
涓滴归公 (涓滴歸公)juān dī guī gōngevery drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
点滴 (點滴)diǎn dīa drip; a little bit
水滴shuǐ dīdrop of water
一点一滴 (一點一滴)yī diǎn yī dībit 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.

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