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Chinese symbol for “pandemonium”

鸡犬不宁
jī quǎn bù níng
Traditional: 雞犬不寧
lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom); fig. great commotion; pandemonium

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pandemonium is 鸡犬不宁 (jī quǎn bù níng), defined as: lit. not even the chickens and dogs are left undisturbed (idiom); fig. great commotion; pandemonium.

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

鸡 jī
chicken
radical 196 ⿃ · 7 strokes
犬 quǎn
dog
radical 94 ⽝ · 4 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
宁 níng
calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
radical 40 ⼧ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 鸡犬不宁.

WordPinyinMeaning
鸡巴 (雞巴)jī badick; penis (vulgar)
鸡蛋 (雞蛋)jī dàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
鸡肉 (雞肉)jī ròuchicken meat
小鸡 (小雞)xiǎo jīchick
鸡鸡 (雞雞)jī jīpenis (childish)
鸡汤 (雞湯)jī tāngchicken stock; chicken soup
警犬jǐng quǎnpolice dog
猎犬 (獵犬)liè quǎnhound; hunting dog
不是bù shìno; is not
宁愿 (寧願)nìng yuànwould rather ... (than ...)

See also: Japanese symbol for “pandemonium”.

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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