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Chinese symbol for “balmy”

煦
xù
balmy; nicely warm; cozy; Taiwan pr. [xu3]

The closest CC-CEDICT match for balmy is 煦 (xù), defined as: balmy; nicely warm; cozy; Taiwan pr. [xu3].

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

煦 xù
kind, gentle, gracious
radical 86 ⽕ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “balmy”

WordPinyinMeaning
颽kǎibalmy; genial as wind
昫xùvariant of 煦 (xù); balmy
煦煦xù xùkind; gracious

Related words

Other words that share a character with 煦.

WordPinyinMeaning
和煦hé xùwarm; genial
温煦 (溫煦)wēn xùwarm
煦仁孑义 (煦仁孑義)xù rén jié yìpetty kindness
煦暖xù nuǎnto warm; warming
煦煦xù xùkind; gracious

See also: Japanese symbol for “balmy”.

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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