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Chinese symbol for “grizzly”

灰色
huī sè
gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for grizzly is 灰色 (huī sè), defined as: gray; ash gray; grizzly; pessimistic; gloomy; dispirited.

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

灰 huī
ashes; dust; lime, mortar
radical 86 ⽕ · 6 strokes
色 sè
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
radical 139 ⾊ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “grizzly”

WordPinyinMeaning
格筛 (格篩)gé shāigrizzly (mining)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 灰色.

WordPinyinMeaning
灰尘 (灰塵)huī chéndust
骨灰gǔ huībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains
灰烬 (灰燼)huī jìnashes
灰心huī xīnto lose heart; to be discouraged
灰暗huī àndull gray; drab
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
特色tè sèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
颜色 (顏色)yán sècolor; countenance

See also: Japanese symbol for “grizzly”.

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.