Chinese symbol for “ethereal”
幽雅
yōu yǎ
serene and elegant (of a place); ethereal (of music)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ethereal is 幽雅 (yōu yǎ), defined as: serene and elegant (of a place); ethereal (of music).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 幽雅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幽默 | yōu mò | (loanword) humor; humorous |
| 幽灵 (幽靈) | yōu líng | specter; apparition |
| 幽默感 | yōu mò gǎn | sense of humor |
| 黑色幽默 | hēi sè yōu mò | black humor |
| 幽静 (幽靜) | yōu jìng | quiet; secluded |
| 幽暗 | yōu àn | gloom |
| 优雅 (優雅) | yōu yǎ | grace; graceful |
| 高雅 | gāo yǎ | dainty; elegance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ethereal”.
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.