Chinese symbol for “lovable”
娇
jiāo
Traditional: 嬌
lovable; pampered; tender; delicate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for lovable is 娇 (jiāo), defined as: lovable; pampered; tender; delicate; frail.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “lovable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 娇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撒娇 (撒嬌) | sā jiāo | to act like a spoiled child; to act coquettishly |
| 娇小 (嬌小) | jiāo xiǎo | petite; delicate |
| 娇妻 (嬌妻) | jiāo qī | lovely wife |
| 娇嫩 (嬌嫩) | jiāo nen | tender and lovely; fragile |
| 娇艳 (嬌豔) | jiāo yàn | tender and beautiful |
| 傲娇 (傲嬌) | ào jiāo | (coll.) presenting as unfriendly and blunt, but warm and tender inside (loanword from Japanese "tsundere") |
See also: Japanese symbol for “lovable”.
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.