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Chinese symbol for “virtually”

无形中
wú xíng zhōng
Traditional: 無形中
imperceptibly; virtually

The closest CC-CEDICT match for virtually is 无形中 (wú xíng zhōng), defined as: imperceptibly; virtually.

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

无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
形 xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes
中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “virtually”

WordPinyinMeaning
实质上 (實質上)shí zhì shàngvirtually; essentially

Related words

Other words that share a character with 无形中.

WordPinyinMeaning
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
无论 (無論)wú lùnno matter what or how; regardless of whether...
毫无 (毫無)háo wúnot in the least; to completely lack
无限 (無限)wú xiànunlimited; unbounded; infinite
无关 (無關)wú guānunrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else)
无数 (無數)wú shùcountless; numberless
形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape
形式xíng shìouter appearance; form
其中qí zhōngamong; in

See also: Japanese symbol for “virtually”.

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.