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Chinese symbol for “hypnosis”

催眠状态
cuī mián zhuàng tài
Traditional: 催眠狀態
hypnosis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hypnosis is 催眠状态 (cuī mián zhuàng tài), defined as: hypnosis.

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

催 cuī
to press, to urge
radical 9 ⼈ · 13 strokes
眠 mián
sleep, shut-eye, hibernatation
radical 109 ⽬ · 10 strokes
状 zhuàng
state, condition; shape, appearance, form; certificate
radical 94 ⽝ · 7 strokes
态 tài
manner, bearing, attitude
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 催眠状态.

WordPinyinMeaning
催眠cuī miánto lull to sleep; to hypnotize
催化剂 (催化劑)cuī huà jìcatalyst
催化cuī huàto catalyze (a reaction); catalysis
催生cuī shēngto pressure a younger relative to hurry up and have a baby; (obstetrics) to induce labor
催促cuī cùto urge
催泪弹 (催淚彈)cuī lèi dàntear bomb; tear-gas grenade
睡眠shuì miánsleep; to sleep
失眠shī miánto suffer from insomnia
状态 (狀態)zhuàng tàicondition; state; state of affairs
态度 (態度)tài dumanner; bearing

See also: Japanese symbol for “hypnosis”.

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.