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Chinese symbol for “calamitous”

晦气
huì qì
Traditional: 晦氣
bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched

The closest CC-CEDICT match for calamitous is 晦气 (huì qì), defined as: bad luck; unlucky; calamitous; wretched.

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

晦 huì
dark, obscure, unclear; night
radical 72 ⽇ · 11 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 晦气.

WordPinyinMeaning
隐晦 (隱晦)yǐn huìvague; ambiguous
晦涩 (晦澀)huì sèdifficult to understand; cryptic
韬光养晦 (韜光養晦)tāo guāng yǎng huìto conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom); to hide one's light under a bushel
晦暗huì àndark and gloomy
阴晦 (陰晦)yīn huìovercast; gloomy
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
气候 (氣候)qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)

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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