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Chinese symbol for “stealthy”

悄悄
qiāo qiāo
quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stealthy is 悄悄 (qiāo qiāo), defined as: quiet; making little or no noise; surreptitious; stealthy; anxious; worried; Taiwan pr. [qiao3qiao3].

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

悄 qiāo
quiet, silent, still; anxious
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes
悄
悄 qiāo
quiet, silent, still; anxious
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 悄悄.

WordPinyinMeaning
悄然qiǎo ránquietly; sorrowfully
静悄悄 (靜悄悄)jìng qiāo qiāoextremely quiet
悄悄话 (悄悄話)qiāo qiao huàwhisperings; private words
悄无声息 (悄無聲息)qiǎo wú shēng xīquietly; noiselessly
悄声 (悄聲)qiǎo shēngquietly; in a low voice

See also: Japanese symbol for “stealthy”.

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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