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Chinese symbol for “intimacy”

昵爱
nì ài
Traditional: 昵愛
to love dearly; intimacy; close love

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intimacy is 昵爱 (nì ài), defined as: to love dearly; intimacy; close love.

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

昵 nì
close, intimate; to approach
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
爱 ài
to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection
radical 87 ⽖ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 昵爱.

WordPinyinMeaning
昵称 (暱稱)nì chēngnickname; diminutive
亲昵 (親暱)qīn nìintimate
爱昵 (愛昵)ài nìintimate; loving
昵比nì bǐintimate
狎昵xiá nìintimate; taking liberties
爱情 (愛情)ài qíngromance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn)
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
爱国 (愛國)ài guóto love one's country; patriotic

See also: Japanese symbol for “intimacy”.

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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