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Chinese symbol for “matte”

哑光
yǎ guāng
Traditional: 啞光
matte; non-glossy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for matte is 哑光 (yǎ guāng), defined as: matte; non-glossy.

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

哑 yǎ
dumb, mute, hoarse
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “matte”

WordPinyinMeaning
褪光tuì guāngmatte (of a color etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 哑光.

WordPinyinMeaning
哑巴 (啞巴)yǎ baa mute; mute; silent
哑口无言 (啞口無言)yǎ kǒu wú yándumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words
装聋作哑 (裝聾作啞)zhuāng lóng zuò yǎto play deaf-mute
嘶哑 (嘶啞)sī yǎ(onom.) coarse crowing; hoarse
沙哑 (沙啞)shā yǎhoarse; husky; raspy
聋哑 (聾啞)lóng yǎdeaf and nonverbal
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)

See also: Japanese symbol for “matte”.

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.