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Chinese symbol for “muse”

瞑想
míng xiǎng
to muse; to think deeply; contemplation; meditation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for muse is 瞑想 (míng xiǎng), defined as: to muse; to think deeply; contemplation; meditation.

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

瞑 míng
to close one's eyes
radical 109 ⽬ · 15 strokes
想 xiǎng
to believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to think
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 瞑想.

WordPinyinMeaning
死不瞑目sǐ bù míng mùlit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom); fig. to die with an unresolved grievance
瞑目míng mùto close one's eyes; (fig.) to be contented at the time of one's death (Dying without closing one's eyes would signify having unresolved gri
瞑眩míng xuàndizziness, nausea etc brought on as a side effect of drug treatment (Chinese medicine)
想要xiǎng yàoto want to; to feel like
思想sī xiǎngthought; thinking
不想bù xiǎngunexpectedly; to one's surprise
想到xiǎng dàoto think of; to call to mind
想法xiǎng fǎway of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)

See also: Japanese symbol for “muse”.

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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