Chinese symbol for “insignificant”
区区
qū qū
Traditional: 區區
insignificant; trifling; merely
The closest CC-CEDICT match for insignificant is 区区 (qū qū), defined as: insignificant; trifling; merely.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “insignificant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 无足轻重 (無足輕重) | wú zú qīng zhòng | insignificant |
| 微不足道 | wēi bù zú dào | (idiom) negligible; insignificant |
| 无关痛痒 (無關痛癢) | wú guān tòng yǎng | (idiom) to not affect sb; irrelevant; of no importance; insignificant |
| 无关紧要 (無關緊要) | wú guān jǐn yào | indifferent; insignificant |
| 渺小 | miǎo xiǎo | minute; tiny |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 区区.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地区 (地區) | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system) |
| 区域 (區域) | qū yù | area; region |
| 社区 (社區) | shè qū | community; neighborhood |
| 区别 (區別) | qū bié | difference; to distinguish |
| 自治区 (自治區) | zì zhì qū | autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, |
| 市区 (市區) | shì qū | urban district; downtown |
See also: Japanese symbol for “insignificant”.
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.