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Chinese symbol for “yawn”

哈欠
hā qian
yawn

The closest CC-CEDICT match for yawn is 哈欠 (hā qian), defined as: yawn.

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

哈 hā
the sound of laughter
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes
欠 qian
to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn
radical 76 ⽋ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “yawn”

WordPinyinMeaning
打哈欠dǎ hā qianto yawn
呵欠hē qiànyawn
打呵欠dǎ hē qiànto yawn
欠qiànto owe; to lack
呿qūto yawn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 哈欠.

WordPinyinMeaning
哈哈hā hā(onom.) laughing out loud
哈拉hā lāto chat idly (Tw)
哈尼hā níhoney (term of endearment) (loanword)
哈哈大笑hā hā dà xiàoto laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
嘻哈xī hāhip-hop (music genre) (loanword)
哈达 (哈達)hǎ dákhata (Tibetan or Mongolian ceremonial scarf)
欠缺qiàn quēto be deficient in; lapse
拖欠tuō qiànin arrears; behind in payments

See also: Japanese symbol for “yawn”.

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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