Chinese symbol for “flagging”
淡薄
dàn bó
thin; light; flagging; faint
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flagging is 淡薄 (dàn bó), defined as: thin; light; flagging; faint.
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 淡薄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 淡水 | dàn shuǐ | freshwater |
| 淡化 | dàn huà | to water down; to play down |
| 冷淡 | lěng dàn | cold; indifferent |
| 平淡 | píng dàn | flat; dull |
| 扯淡 | chě dàn | to talk nonsense |
| 轻描淡写 (輕描淡寫) | qīng miáo dàn xiě | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal; to downplay |
| 薄弱 | bó ruò | weak; frail |
| 薄膜 | bó mó | membrane; film |
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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