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Chinese symbol for “widget”

小玩意
xiǎo wán yì
gadget; widget (small item of software)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for widget is 小玩意 (xiǎo wán yì), defined as: gadget; widget (small item of software).

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
玩 wán
to play with, to joke, to entertain
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小玩意.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
玩家wán jiāplayer (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
玩具wán jùplaything; toy
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to

See also: Japanese symbol for “widget”.

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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