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Chinese symbol for “merit”

优点
yōu diǎn
Traditional: 優點
merit; benefit; strong point; advantage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for merit is 优点 (yōu diǎn), defined as: merit; benefit; strong point; advantage; 个 (gè),项 (xiàng).

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

优 yōu
superior; elegant
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
点 diǎn
dot, point, speck
radical 86 ⽕ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “merit”

WordPinyinMeaning
功力gōng lìmerit; efficacy
好处 (好處)hǎo chubenefit; advantage; merit; gain; profit
值得zhí deworth the money; to merit; to deserve; to be worth (doing sth)
绩 (績)jìto spin (hemp etc); merit
妙处 (妙處)miào chùideal place; suitable location

Related words

Other words that share a character with 优点.

WordPinyinMeaning
优秀 (優秀)yōu xiùoutstanding; excellent
优势 (優勢)yōu shìsuperiority; dominance
优惠 (優惠)yōu huìprivilege; favorable (terms)
优先 (優先)yōu xiānto have priority; to take precedence
优质 (優質)yōu zhìexcellent quality
优化 (優化)yōu huàto optimize; (corporate euphemism) to lay off staff
一点 (一點)yī diǎna bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate

See also: Japanese symbol for “merit”.

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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