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Chinese symbol for “dancing”

舞蹈
wǔ dǎo
dance (performance art); dancing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dancing is 舞蹈 (wǔ dǎo), defined as: dance (performance art); dancing.

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

舞 wǔ
to dance; to brandish
radical 136 ⾇ · 14 strokes
蹈 dǎo
to dance, to stamp the feet
radical 157 ⾜ · 17 strokes

Other Chinese words for “dancing”

WordPinyinMeaning
憧憧chōng chōng(of light, shadows) swaying; moving about; dancing
幢幢chuáng chuáng(literary) (of light, shadows) flickering; dancing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 舞蹈.

WordPinyinMeaning
舞台 (舞臺)wǔ tái(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
跳舞tiào wǔto dance
鼓舞gǔ wǔto inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
挥舞 (揮舞)huī wǔto brandish; to wave sth
歌舞gē wǔsinging and dancing
舞蹈家wǔ dǎo jiādancer
重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍)chóng dǎo fù zhélit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
重蹈chóng dǎo(fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised)

See also: Japanese symbol for “dancing”.

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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