Chinese symbol for “loveliness”
美色
měi sè
charm; loveliness (of a woman)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for loveliness is 美色 (měi sè), defined as: charm; loveliness (of a woman).
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 美色.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful; fine |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 角色 | jué sè | role; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4] |
| 特色 | tè sè | a characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality |
See also: Japanese symbol for “loveliness”.
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.