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Chinese symbol for “exhilarating”

来劲
lái jìn
Traditional: 來勁
(dialect) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir sb up

The closest CC-CEDICT match for exhilarating is 来劲 (lái jìn), defined as: (dialect) to be full of zeal; high-spirited; exhilarating; to stir sb up.

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

来 lái
to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
劲 jìn
strong, tough, unyielding; power, energy
radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 来劲.

WordPinyinMeaning
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
来自 (來自)lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
以来 (以來)yǐ láisince (used after a specified time or event)
强劲 (強勁)qiáng jìngstrong; powerful
使劲 (使勁)shǐ jìnto exert all one's strength
差劲 (差勁)chà jìnbad; no good
后劲 (後勁)hòu jìnenergy to continue after the initial phase of an activity; delayed effect

See also: Japanese symbol for “exhilarating”.

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.