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Chinese symbol for “pentagram”

五角星
wǔ jiǎo xīng
five-pointed star; pentagram

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pentagram is 五角星 (wǔ jiǎo xīng), defined as: five-pointed star; pentagram.

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

五 wǔ
five; surname
radical 7 ⼆ · 4 strokes
角 jiǎo
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
radical 148 ⾓ · 7 strokes
星 xīng
star, planet; a point of light
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pentagram”

WordPinyinMeaning
五芒星wǔ máng xīngfive-pointed star; pentagram

Related words

Other words that share a character with 五角星.

WordPinyinMeaning
十五shí wǔfifteen; 15
第五dì wǔfifth
五十wǔ shífifty
五行wǔ xíngfive phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
五四wǔ sìfourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
五星wǔ xīngthe five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
角度jiǎo dùangle; (fig.) point of view
星期xīng qīweek; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “pentagram”.

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.