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Chinese symbol for “intriguing”

奇妙
qí miào
wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange

The closest CC-CEDICT match for intriguing is 奇妙 (qí miào), defined as: wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange.

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

奇 qí
strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
radical 37 ⼤ · 8 strokes
妙 miào
mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful
radical 38 ⼥ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “intriguing”

WordPinyinMeaning
奇诡 (奇詭)qí guǐstrange; queer; intriguing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 奇妙.

WordPinyinMeaning
奇怪qí guàistrange; odd
传奇 (傳奇)chuán qílegendary; fantasy saga
奇迹 (奇跡)qí jìvariant of 奇迹 (qí jì)
好奇hào qíinquisitive; curious
神奇shén qímagical; mystical
巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
美妙měi miàobeautiful; wonderful
微妙wēi miàosubtle

See also: Japanese symbol for “intriguing”.

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.