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Chinese symbol for “ironic”

俏皮
qiào pi
smart; charming; attractive; witty

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ironic is 俏皮 (qiào pi), defined as: smart; charming; attractive; witty; facetious; ironic.

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

俏 qiào
to resemble; similar, alike; pretty
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
皮 pi
skin, hide, fur, feathers
radical 107 ⽪ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 俏皮.

WordPinyinMeaning
俊俏jùn qiàoattractive and intelligent; charming
俏皮话 (俏皮話)qiào pi huàwitticism; wisecrack
俏丽 (俏麗)qiào lìhandsome; pretty
打情骂俏 (打情罵俏)dǎ qíng mà qiàoto banter flirtatiously (idiom)
花俏huā qiàofancy; gaudy
皮肤 (皮膚)pí fūskin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài)
皮革pí géleather; 张 (zhāng)
皮带 (皮帶)pí dàistrap; leather belt

See also: Japanese symbol for “ironic”.

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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