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Chinese symbol for “jewelry”

首饰
shǒu shì
Traditional: 首飾
jewelry; head ornament

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jewelry is 首饰 (shǒu shì), defined as: jewelry; head ornament.

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

首 shǒu
chief, head, leader
radical 185 ⾸ · 9 strokes
饰 shì
to decorate, to adorn; ornament
radical 184 ⾷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “jewelry”

WordPinyinMeaning
饰物 (飾物)shì wùdecorations; jewelry

Related words

Other words that share a character with 首饰.

WordPinyinMeaning
首先shǒu xiānfirst of all; in the first place
首次shǒu cìfirst; first time
首都shǒu dūcapital (city); 个 (gè)
首页 (首頁)shǒu yèhome page (of a website); title page
首相shǒu xiàngprime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
首席shǒu xíseat of honor; chief (representative, correspondent etc)
装饰 (裝飾)zhuāng shìto decorate; decoration
服饰 (服飾)fú shìapparel; clothing and personal adornment

See also: Japanese symbol for “jewelry”.

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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