King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “originality”

原创性
yuán chuàng xìng
Traditional: 原創性
originality

The closest CC-CEDICT match for originality is 原创性 (yuán chuàng xìng), defined as: originality.

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

原 yuán
source, origin, beginning
radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes
创 chuàng
to establish, to create; cut, wound, trauma
radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “originality”

WordPinyinMeaning
创作力 (創作力)chuàng zuò lìoriginality
独创性 (獨創性)dú chuàng xìnginnovative; ingenious; originality; ingenuity

Related words

Other words that share a character with 原创性.

WordPinyinMeaning
原因yuán yīncause; origin
原来 (原來)yuán láioriginal; former; originally; formerly; at first
原则 (原則)yuán zéprinciple; doctrine
原本yuán běnoriginally; the original; original copy; original version
原始yuán shǐfirst; original
原理yuán lǐprinciple; theory
创新 (創新)chuàng xīnto bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation
创造 (創造)chuàng zàoto create; to bring about
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “originality”.

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.