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Chinese symbol for “acumen”

慧眼
huì yǎn
an all-seeing mind; mental perception; insight; acumen

The closest CC-CEDICT match for acumen is 慧眼 (huì yǎn), defined as: an all-seeing mind; mental perception; insight; acumen.

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

慧 huì
bright, intelligent; intelligence
radical 61 ⼼ · 15 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 慧眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
智慧zhì huìwisdom; intelligence
聪慧 (聰慧)cōng huìbright; intelligent
人工智慧rén gōng zhì huì(Tw) artificial intelligence
明慧míng huìintelligent; brilliant
慧星huì xīngvariant of 彗星 (huì xīng)
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now
眼泪 (眼淚)yǎn lèitear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī)

See also: Japanese symbol for “acumen”.

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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