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Chinese symbol for “inadvertently”

无意间
wú yì jiān
Traditional: 無意間
inadvertently; unintentionally

The closest CC-CEDICT match for inadvertently is 无意间 (wú yì jiān), defined as: inadvertently; unintentionally.

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
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
间 jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “inadvertently”

WordPinyinMeaning
不经意间 (不經意間)bù jīng yì jiānwithout paying attention; without noticing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无意间.

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
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time

See also: Japanese symbol for “inadvertently”.

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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