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Chinese symbol for “blushing”

赧然
nǎn rán
blushing; embarrassed

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blushing is 赧然 (nǎn rán), defined as: blushing; embarrassed.

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

赧 nǎn
to blush, to turn red
radical 155 ⾚ · 11 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “blushing”

WordPinyinMeaning
忸怩niǔ níbashful; blushing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赧然.

WordPinyinMeaning
羞赧xiū nǎn(literary) embarrassed; bashful
愧赧kuì nǎnto blush in shame; red-faced
虽然 (雖然)suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc)
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly natural; as it should be
自然zì ránnature; natural
然而rán érhowever; but; yet
仍然réng ránstill; as before; yet

See also: Japanese symbol for “blushing”.

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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