Chinese symbol for “elegant”
娜
nuó
elegant; graceful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for elegant is 娜 (nuó), defined as: elegant; graceful.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “elegant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雅 | yǎ | elegant |
| 款式 | kuǎn shi | elegant; elegance |
| 文雅 | wén yǎ | elegant; refined |
| 娴 (嫻) | xián | elegant; refined |
| 秀美 | xiù měi | elegant; graceful |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 娜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婀娜 | ē nuó | (of a woman) graceful; elegant; lithe |
| 袅娜 (裊娜) | niǎo nuó | slim and graceful |
| 卡洛娜 | kǎ luò nà | calzone (Italian pocket), folded pizza |
| 娉婷袅娜 (娉婷裊娜) | pīng tíng niǎo nuó | (idiom) (of a woman) gorgeous and graceful; lithe and lovely |
See also: Japanese symbol for “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.