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Chinese symbol for “prime”

黄金
huáng jīn
Traditional: 黃金
gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prime is 黄金 (huáng jīn), defined as: gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time).

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

黄 huáng
yellow; surname
radical 201 ⿈ · 11 strokes
金 jīn
gold, metal; money
radical 167 ⾦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “prime”

WordPinyinMeaning
头等 (頭等)tóu děngfirst class; prime

Related words

Other words that share a character with 黄金.

WordPinyinMeaning
黄色 (黃色)huáng sèyellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic
黄昏 (黃昏)huáng hūndusk; evening
黄瓜 (黃瓜)huáng guācucumber; 条 (tiáo)
金黄 (金黃)jīn huánggolden yellow; golden
黄牛 (黃牛)huáng niúox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
金融jīn róngbanking; finance
基金jī jīnfund

See also: Japanese symbol for “prime”.

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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