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Chinese symbol for “lucid”

头脑清楚
tóu nǎo qīng chu
Traditional: 頭腦清楚
lucid; clear-headed; sensible

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lucid is 头脑清楚 (tóu nǎo qīng chu), defined as: lucid; clear-headed; sensible.

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

头 tóu
head; chief, boss; first, top
radical 37 ⼤ · 5 strokes
脑 nǎo
brain
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes
清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
楚 chu
clear, distinct; pain, suffering; surname
radical 75 ⽊ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 头脑清楚.

WordPinyinMeaning
头发 (頭髮)tóu fahair (on the head)
街头 (街頭)jiē tóustreet
镜头 (鏡頭)jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)
石头 (石頭)shí toustone; 块 (kuài)
码头 (碼頭)mǎ touwharf; dock; quay; pier
回头 (回頭)huí tóuto turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
脑袋 (腦袋)nǎo daihead; skull
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
痛楚tòng chǔpain; anguish

See also: Japanese symbol for “lucid”.

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.