Japanese symbol for “babbling”
喃語
なんご
Romaji: nango
lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies
In Japanese, babbling is 喃語, read なんご (nango).
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.
Meanings
- n, vs lover's whispers; sweet nothings; whispered intimacies
- n babbling (of a baby); babble
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “babbling”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赤ちゃん言葉 | あかちゃんことば akachankotoba | baby talk; baby language; babbling |
| 潺湲 | せんかん senkan | gurgling; babbling; murmuring (stream, brook, etc.) |
| 淙々 | そうそう sousou | murmuring (stream, brook, etc.); gurgling; babbling |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喋々喃々 | ちょうちょうなんなん chouchounannan | billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers |
| 字喃 | チュノム chunomu | chu nom (formerly used Vietnamese script based on Chinese characters) |
| 喃々 | なんなん nannan | chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on |
| 英語 | えいご eigo | English (language) |
| 物語 | ものがたり monogatari | story; tale; narrative |
| 言語 | げんご gengo | language |
| 語る | かたる kataru | to talk about; to speak of; to tell |
| 日本語 | にほんご nihongo | Japanese (language) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.