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Chinese symbol for “dizzying”

头昏脑眩
tóu hūn nǎo xuàn
Traditional: 頭昏腦眩
dizzying; it makes one's head spin

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dizzying is 头昏脑眩 (tóu hūn nǎo xuàn), defined as: dizzying; it makes one's head spin.

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

头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
昏 hūn
dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
脑 nǎo
brain
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
眩 xuàn
to confuse; dazed, disoriented
radical 109 ⽬ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 头昏脑眩.

WordPinyinMeaning
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
镜头 (鏡頭)jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)
石头 (石頭)shí toustone; 块 (kuài)
码头 (碼頭)mǎ touwharf; dock; quay; pier
回头 (回頭)huí tóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
昏迷hūn míto lose consciousness; to be in a coma
黄昏 (黃昏)huáng hūndusk; evening
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
晕眩 (暈眩)yūn xuànto feel dizzy; dizziness

See also: Japanese symbol for “dizzying”.

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.