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Chinese symbol for “ingenuity”

创造力
chuàng zào lì
Traditional: 創造力
ingenuity; creativity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ingenuity is 创造力 (chuàng zào lì), defined as: ingenuity; creativity.

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

创 chuàng
to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
造 zào
to build, to construct, to invent, to manufacture
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “ingenuity”

WordPinyinMeaning
匠心jiàng xīningenuity; craftsmanship
巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
智谋 (智謀)zhì móuresourcefulness; ingenuity
巧思qiǎo sīinnovative thinking; ingenuity
独创性 (獨創性)dú chuàng xìnginnovative; ingenious; originality; ingenuity

Related words

Other words that share a character with 创造力.

WordPinyinMeaning
创新 (創新)chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
创造 (創造)chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
创作 (創作)chuàng zuòto create; to produce; to write; a creative work; a creation
创建 (創建)chuàng jiànto found; to establish
创业 (創業)chuàng yèto begin an undertaking; to start an enterprise; entrepreneurship
创立 (創立)chuàng lìto establish; to set up; to found
造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
制造 (製造)zhì zàoto manufacture; to make
能力néng lìcapability; ability

See also: Japanese symbol for “ingenuity”.

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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