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Chinese symbol for “levitation”

羽化
yǔ huà
levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in Daoism) to become immortal; to die

The closest CC-CEDICT match for levitation is 羽化 (yǔ huà), defined as: levitation (of Daoist immortal); to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven; (in Daoism) to become immortal; to die; of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form; eclosion.

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

羽 yǔ
feather, plume; wings
radical 124 ⽻ · 6 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 羽化.

WordPinyinMeaning
羽毛yǔ máofeather; plumage
羽毛球yǔ máo qiúbadminton; shuttlecock
党羽 (黨羽)dǎng yǔhenchmen
羽球yǔ qiúbadminton; shuttlecock
羽翼yǔ yìwing; (fig.) assistant
羽绒 (羽絨)yǔ róngdown (soft feathers)
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

See also: Japanese symbol for “levitation”.

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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