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Chinese symbol for “tidings”

音讯
yīn xùn
Traditional: 音訊
news; tidings; word; (Tw) audio signal; (attributive) audio

The closest CC-CEDICT match for tidings is 音讯 (yīn xùn), defined as: news; tidings; word; (Tw) audio signal; (attributive) audio.

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

音 yīn
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
radical 180 ⾳ · 9 strokes
讯 xùn
news, information; to question, to interrogate
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 音讯.

WordPinyinMeaning
音乐 (音樂)yīn yuèmusic; 张 (zhāng),曲 (qǔ),段 (duàn)
声音 (聲音)shēng yīnsound; voice
语音 (語音)yǔ yīnspeech sounds; pronunciation
录音 (錄音)lù yīnto record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn))
影音yǐng yīn(Tw) audio and video; audiovisual
音乐会 (音樂會)yīn yuè huìconcert; 场 (chǎng)
资讯 (資訊)zī xùninformation
通讯 (通訊)tōng xùncommunications; news story

See also: Japanese symbol for “tidings”.

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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