Chinese symbol for “perm”
烫发
tàng fà
Traditional: 燙髮
perm (hairstyle)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for perm is 烫发 (tàng fà), defined as: perm (hairstyle).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “perm”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 烫发.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烫伤 (燙傷) | tàng shāng | to scald |
| 滚烫 (滾燙) | gǔn tàng | boiling hot |
| 烫手山芋 (燙手山芋) | tàng shǒu shān yù | (fig.) hot potato |
| 熨烫 (熨燙) | yùn tàng | to iron (clothes) |
| 烫手 (燙手) | tàng shǒu | burning hot to touch |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “perm”.
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.