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Chinese symbol for “miser”

小气鬼
xiǎo qì guǐ
Traditional: 小氣鬼
miser; penny-pincher

The closest CC-CEDICT match for miser is 小气鬼 (xiǎo qì guǐ), defined as: miser; penny-pincher.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
气 qì
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
radical 84 ⽓ · 4 strokes
鬼 guǐ
ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
radical 194 ⿁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “miser”

WordPinyinMeaning
守财奴 (守財奴)shǒu cái númiser; scrooge
吝啬鬼 (吝嗇鬼)lìn sè guǐmiser; penny-pincher
财迷 (財迷)cái mímoney grubber; miser
老抠 (老摳)lǎo kōupenny-pincher; miser

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小气鬼.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
天气 (天氣)tiān qìweather
空气 (空氣)kōng qìair; atmosphere
魔鬼mó guǐdevil

See also: Japanese symbol for “miser”.

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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