Chinese symbol for “jinx”
扫帚星
sào zhou xīng
Traditional: 掃帚星
comet; person who brings bad luck; jinx
The closest CC-CEDICT match for jinx is 扫帚星 (sào zhou xīng), defined as: comet; person who brings bad luck; jinx.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “jinx”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 扫帚星.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扫描 (掃描) | sǎo miáo | to scan |
| 打扫 (打掃) | dǎ sǎo | to clean; to sweep |
| 横扫 (橫掃) | héng sǎo | to sweep away; to sweep across |
| 扫除 (掃除) | sǎo chú | to clean; to clean up; to eliminate; to wipe out |
| 扫荡 (掃蕩) | sǎo dàng | (military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate |
| 扫地 (掃地) | sǎo dì | to sweep the floor; (fig.) (of one's reputation etc) to reach rock bottom |
| 扫帚 (掃帚) | sào zhou | broom |
| 笤帚 | tiáo zhou | whisk broom; small broom |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “jinx”.
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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