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Chinese symbol for “asteroid”

小行星
xiǎo xíng xīng
asteroid; minor planet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for asteroid is 小行星 (xiǎo xíng xīng), defined as: asteroid; minor planet.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
星 xīng
star, planet; a point of light
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小行星.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
星期xīng qīweek; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “asteroid”.

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.