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Chinese symbol for “conspicuous”

显眼
xiǎn yǎn
Traditional: 顯眼
conspicuous; eye-catching; glamorous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conspicuous is 显眼 (xiǎn yǎn), defined as: conspicuous; eye-catching; glamorous.

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

显 xiǎn
clear, evident; prominent; to show
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “conspicuous”

WordPinyinMeaning
突显 (突顯)tū xiǎnconspicuous; to make sth stand out
显 (顯)xiǎnto make visible; to reveal
显明 (顯明)xiǎn míngobvious; evident; conspicuous; prominent; distinct; apparent
彰显 (彰顯)zhāng xiǎnto put on display (sth abstract); to draw attention to
引人注目yǐn rén zhù mùto attract attention; eye-catching

Related words

Other words that share a character with 显眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
显示 (顯示)xiǎn shìto show; to illustrate
明显 (明顯)míng xiǎnclear; distinct
显然 (顯然)xiǎn ránclearly; evidently; obviously
显得 (顯得)xiǎn deto seem; to look
显著 (顯著)xiǎn zhùoutstanding; notable
显现 (顯現)xiǎn xiànappearance; to appear
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
眼前yǎn qiánbefore one's eyes; now

See also: Japanese symbol for “conspicuous”.

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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