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Chinese symbol for “rumors”

坊间传言
fāng jiān chuán yán
Traditional: 坊間傳言
rumors; the word on the street

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rumors is 坊间传言 (fāng jiān chuán yán), defined as: rumors; the word on the street.

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

坊 fāng
neighborhood, district, community; street, lane; mill
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes
间 jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes
传 chuán
to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
言 yán
words, speech; to speak, to say
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 坊间传言.

WordPinyinMeaning
街坊jiē fāngneighborhood; neighbor
作坊zuō fangworkshop (of artisan)
牌坊pái fāngmemorial arch
工作坊gōng zuò fāngworkshop; atelier; studio; (Tw) workshop; seminar
磨坊mò fángmill
坊间 (坊間)fāng jiān(originally) (in) the bookshops; (in modern usage) among the public; in public circulation; on the market
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
之间 (之間)zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “rumors”.

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.