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Chinese symbol for “cultured”

风雅
fēng yǎ
Traditional: 風雅
cultured; sophisticated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cultured is 风雅 (fēng yǎ), defined as: cultured; sophisticated.

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Characters and stroke order

风 fēng
wind; air; customs, manners; news
radical 182 ⾵ · 4 strokes
雅 yǎ
elegant, graceful, refined
radical 172 ⾫ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “cultured”

WordPinyinMeaning
斯文sī wénrefined; educate
儒雅rú yǎscholarly; refined

Related words

Other words that share a character with 风雅.

WordPinyinMeaning
风险 (風險)fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle
风暴 (風暴)fēng bàostorm; violent commotion
风景 (風景)fēng jǐngscenery; landscape
台风 (臺風)tái fēngstage presence, poise
优雅 (優雅)yōu yǎgrace; graceful
高雅gāo yǎdainty; elegance
典雅diǎn yǎrefined; elegant

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.