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Chinese symbol for “jittery”

烦躁
fán zào
Traditional: 煩躁
jittery; twitchy; fidgety

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jittery is 烦躁 (fán zào), defined as: jittery; twitchy; fidgety.

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
躁 zào
tense, irritable; rash, hot-tempered
radical 157 ⾜ · 20 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 烦躁.

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
心烦 (心煩)xīn fánto feel agitated; to be troubled
不耐烦 (不耐煩)bù nài fánimpatient; to lose patience
暴躁bào zàoirascible; irritable
急躁jí zàoirritable; irascible; impetuous
焦躁jiāo zàofretful; impatient

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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