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Chinese symbol for “unconsciously”

不知不觉
bù zhī bù jué
Traditional: 不知不覺
(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unconsciously is 不知不觉 (bù zhī bù jué), defined as: (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly.

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

不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
知 zhī
to know, to perceive, to comprehend
radical 111 ⽮ · 8 strokes
不
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
觉 jué
conscious; to nap, to sleep; to wake up
radical 147 ⾒ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unconsciously”

WordPinyinMeaning
不觉 (不覺)bù juéunconsciously
不经意间 (不經意間)bù jīng yì jiānwithout paying attention; without noticing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不知不觉.

WordPinyinMeaning
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
不会 (不會)bù huìimprobable; unlikely
不过 (不過)bù guòonly; merely
不同bù tóngdifferent; distinct
知道zhī dàoto know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
知识 (知識)zhī shiknowledge; 门 (mén)
通知tōng zhīto notify; to inform
觉得 (覺得)jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “unconsciously”.

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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