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Chinese symbol for “unplugged”

不插电
bù chā diàn
Traditional: 不插電
unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unplugged is 不插电 (bù chā diàn), defined as: unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments).

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
插 chā
to insert, to stick in; to pierce; to plant
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes
电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不插电.

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
插入chā rùto insert; to stick in; to plug in
插图 (插圖)chā túillustration
插手chā shǒuto get involved in; to meddle
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)

See also: Japanese symbol for “unplugged”.

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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