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Chinese symbol for “cutie”

小可爱
xiǎo kě ài
Traditional: 小可愛
cutie; sweetie; (Tw) camisole (women's garment)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cutie is 小可爱 (xiǎo kě ài), defined as: cutie; sweetie; (Tw) camisole (women's garment).

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
可 kě
may, can, -able; possibly
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes
爱 ài
to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection
radical 87 ⽖ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小可爱.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
可以kě yǐcan; may
可能kě néngmight (happen); possible
爱情 (愛情)ài qíngromance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “cutie”.

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.