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Chinese symbol for “fiddly”

烦琐
fán suǒ
Traditional: 煩瑣
tedious; convoluted; fiddly; pedantic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fiddly is 烦琐 (fán suǒ), defined as: tedious; convoluted; fiddly; pedantic.

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

烦 fán
to bother, to trouble, to vex
radical 86 ⽕ · 10 strokes
琐 suǒ
petty; trifling; troublesome
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烦琐.

WordPinyinMeaning
麻烦 (麻煩)má fantrouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying
烦恼 (煩惱)fán nǎoto be worried; to be distressed
厌烦 (厭煩)yàn fánbored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
烦躁 (煩躁)fán zàojittery; twitchy
心烦 (心煩)xīn fánto feel agitated; to be troubled
不耐烦 (不耐煩)bù nài fánimpatient; to lose patience
繁琐 (繁瑣)fán suǒmany and complicated; mired in minor details
猥琐 (猥瑣)wěi suǒwretched (esp. appearance); vulgar

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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