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Chinese symbol for “evident”

明摆着
míng bǎi zhe
Traditional: 明擺著
evident; clear; undoubted

The closest CC-CEDICT match for evident is 明摆着 (míng bǎi zhe), defined as: evident; clear; undoubted.

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

明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
摆 bǎi
to arrange, to display; pendulum, swing
radical 64 ⼿ · 13 strokes
着 zhe
to make a move, to take action
radical 109 ⽬ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “evident”

WordPinyinMeaning
显明 (顯明)xiǎn míngobvious; evident; conspicuous; prominent; distinct; apparent
了然liǎo ránto understand clearly; evident
外显 (外顯)wài xiǎnexternally manifested; visible; evident
显豁 (顯豁)xiǎn huòevident; clear and bright
了然 (瞭然)liǎo ránto understand clearly; evident

Related words

Other words that share a character with 明摆着.

WordPinyinMeaning
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
明显 (明顯)míng xiǎnclear; distinct
明天míng tiāntomorrow
明确 (明確)míng quèclear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite
摆脱 (擺脫)bǎi tuōto break away from; to cast off (old ideas etc)
摇摆 (搖擺)yáo bǎito sway; to wobble
随着 (隨著)suí zhealong with; in the wake of

See also: Japanese symbol for “evident”.

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.