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Chinese symbol for “carnival”

嘉年华
jiā nián huá
Traditional: 嘉年華
(loanword) carnival

The closest CC-CEDICT match for carnival is 嘉年华 (jiā nián huá), defined as: (loanword) carnival.

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

嘉 jiā
excellent; joyful; auspicious
radical 30 ⼝ · 14 strokes
年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes
华 huá
flowery; illustrious; Chinese
radical 24 ⼗ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “carnival”

WordPinyinMeaning
狂欢节 (狂歡節)kuáng huān jiécarnival
游园会 (遊園會)yóu yuán huìgarden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair
谢肉节 (謝肉節)xiè ròu jiécarnival (esp. Christian)
游艺会 (遊藝會)yóu yì huìfolk festival; fair
园游会 (園遊會)yuán yóu huì(Tw) garden party; fete (held in a garden or park); carnival; fair

Related words

Other words that share a character with 嘉年华.

WordPinyinMeaning
嘉宾 (嘉賓)jiā bīnesteemed guest; honored guest
嘉奖 (嘉獎)jiā jiǎngto award; commendation
嘉许 (嘉許)jiā xǔfavorable; praise
可嘉kě jiālaudable
勇气可嘉 (勇氣可嘉)yǒng qì kě jiāto deserve praise for one's courage (idiom)
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
今年jīn niánthis year
每年měi niánevery year; each year
豪华 (豪華)háo huáluxurious

See also: Japanese symbol for “carnival”.

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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