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Chinese symbol for “obsidian”

黑曜石
hēi yào shí
obsidian (mining)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for obsidian is 黑曜石 (hēi yào shí), defined as: obsidian (mining).

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

黑 hēi
black; dark; evil, sinister
radical 203 ⿊ · 12 strokes
曜 yào
bright, glorious; Venus
radical 72 ⽇ · 18 strokes
石 shí
stone, rock, mineral
radical 112 ⽯ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “obsidian”

WordPinyinMeaning
黑曜岩hēi yào yánobsidian (mining)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 黑曜石.

WordPinyinMeaning
黑人hēi rénblack person; an illegal
黑暗hēi àndark; darkly
黑色hēi sèblack
黑白hēi báiblack and white; right and wrong
黑客hēi kè(computing) (loanword) hacker
黑帮 (黑幫)hēi bāngbunch of gangsters; criminal gang
七曜qī yàothe seven planets of premodern astronomy (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)
黑曜岩hēi yào yánobsidian (mining)
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum

See also: Japanese symbol for “obsidian”.

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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