Chinese symbol for “glad”
高兴
gāo xìng
Traditional: 高興
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
The closest CC-CEDICT match for glad is 高兴 (gāo xìng), defined as: happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “glad”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喜 | xǐ | to be fond of; to like |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高兴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 兴奋 (興奮) | xīng fèn | excited; excitement |
| 兴建 (興建) | xīng jiàn | to build; to construct |
See also: Japanese symbol for “glad”.
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.