Chinese symbol for “unwittingly”
不知不觉
bù zhī bù jué
Traditional: 不知不覺
(idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unwittingly is 不知不觉 (bù zhī bù jué), defined as: (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不知不觉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5] |
| 知识 (知識) | zhī shi | knowledge; 门 (mén) |
| 通知 | tōng zhī | to notify; to inform |
| 觉得 (覺得) | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unwittingly”.
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.