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Chinese symbol for “chartreuse”

萤光绿
yíng guāng lǜ
Traditional: 螢光綠
bright green; chartreuse

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chartreuse is 萤光绿 (yíng guāng lǜ), defined as: bright green; chartreuse.

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

萤 yíng
firefly, glow-worm
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes
绿 lǜ
green; chlorine
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 萤光绿.

WordPinyinMeaning
萤幕 (螢幕)yíng mù(Tw) screen (of a TV, computer etc)
萤火虫 (螢火蟲)yíng huǒ chóngfirefly; glowworm
萤光 (螢光)yíng guāngTaiwan variant of 荧光 (yíng guāng)
萤石 (螢石)yíng shífluorite CaF2; fluorspar
萤火 (螢火)yíng huǒlight of firefly; fairy light
萤光幕 (螢光幕)yíng guāng mùsee 萤幕 (yíng mù)
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)
绿色 (綠色)lǜ sègreen

See also: Japanese symbol for “chartreuse”.

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.