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Chinese symbol for “unremarkable”

不起眼
bù qǐ yǎn
unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unremarkable is 不起眼 (bù qǐ yǎn), defined as: unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary.

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
起 qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unremarkable”

WordPinyinMeaning
平平无奇 (平平無奇)píng píng wú qí(idiom) ordinary; unremarkable; nothing special

Related words

Other words that share a character with 不起眼.

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
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “unremarkable”.

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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