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Chinese symbol for “aesthetics”

美学
měi xué
Traditional: 美學
aesthetics

The closest CC-CEDICT match for aesthetics is 美学 (měi xué), defined as: aesthetics.

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

美 měi
beautiful, pretty; pleasing
radical 123 ⽺ · 9 strokes
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “aesthetics”

WordPinyinMeaning
唯美wéi měiaesthetics

Related words

Other words that share a character with 美学.

WordPinyinMeaning
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
美丽 (美麗)měi lìbeautiful
完美wán měiperfect
美女měi nǚbeautiful woman
美好měi hǎobeautiful; fine
美食měi shículinary delicacy; fine food
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “aesthetics”.

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.