Chinese symbol for “embellishment”
美化
měi huà
to make more beautiful; to decorate; embellishment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for embellishment is 美化 (měi huà), defined as: to make more beautiful; to decorate; embellishment.
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 美化.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful; fine |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 变化 (變化) | biàn huà | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation |
See also: Japanese symbol for “embellishment”.
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.