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Chinese symbol for “fad”

时尚
shí shàng
Traditional: 時尚
fashion; fad; fashionable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fad is 时尚 (shí shàng), defined as: fashion; fad; fashionable.

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

时 shí
time, season; period, era, age
radical 72 ⽇ · 7 strokes
尚 shàng
still, yet; even; fairly, rather
radical 42 ⼩ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fad”

WordPinyinMeaning
风口 (風口)fēng kǒuair vent; drafty place

Related words

Other words that share a character with 时尚.

WordPinyinMeaning
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
时候 (時候)shí houtime; length of time
同时 (同時)tóng shíat the same time; simultaneously
当时 (當時)dāng shíthen; at that time
时期 (時期)shí qīperiod; phase
尚未shàng wèinot yet; still not
和尚hé shangBuddhist monk
尚书 (尚書)shàng shūhigh official; government minister

See also: Japanese symbol for “fad”.

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.

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