Chinese symbol for “curiosity”
好奇
hào qí
inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for curiosity is 好奇 (hào qí), defined as: inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity.
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
Other Chinese words for “curiosity”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 好奇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly |
| 良好 | liáng hǎo | good; favorable |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 奇怪 | qí guài | strange; odd |
| 传奇 (傳奇) | chuán qí | legendary; fantasy saga |
See also: Japanese symbol for “curiosity”.
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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