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Chinese symbol for “affable”

和蔼可亲
hé ǎi kě qīn
Traditional: 和藹可親
affable; genial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for affable is 和蔼可亲 (hé ǎi kě qīn), defined as: affable; genial.

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

和 hé
harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
蔼 ǎi
lush; friendly, affable
radical 140 ⾋ · 14 strokes
可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
亲 qīn
relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree
radical 8 ⼇ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “affable”

WordPinyinMeaning
和悦 (和悅)hé yuèaffable; kindly
顺和 (順和)shùn hégentle; affable
口甜kǒu tiánsoft-spoken; affable
亲和 (親和)qīn héto connect intimately (with); amiable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 和蔼可亲.

WordPinyinMeaning
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
共和国 (共和國)gòng hé guórepublic
和谐 (和諧)hé xiéharmonious; harmony
和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
共和gòng hérepublic; republicanism
温和 (溫和)wēn hémild; gentle
和蔼 (和藹)hé ǎikindly; nice
蔼蔼 (藹藹)ǎi ǎiluxuriant (vegetation)
可以kě yǐcan; may
母亲 (母親)mǔ qīnmother

See also: Japanese symbol for “affable”.

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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