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Chinese symbol for “puberty”

青春期
qīng chūn qī
puberty; adolescence

The closest CC-CEDICT match for puberty is 青春期 (qīng chūn qī), defined as: puberty; adolescence.

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

青 qīng
nature's color; blue, green, black; young
radical 174 ⾭ · 8 strokes
春 chūn
springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
期 qī
a period of time; date, time; phase
radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “puberty”

WordPinyinMeaning
发育期 (發育期)fā yù qīpuberty; period of development
思春期sī chūn qīage when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex; puberty

Related words

Other words that share a character with 青春期.

WordPinyinMeaning
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years
青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth
青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness
青睐 (青睞)qīng lài(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor
青蛙qīng wāfrog (只 (zhī)); (old) (slang) ugly guy
青铜 (青銅)qīng tóngbronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 锡 (xī))
春天chūn tiānspring (season); 个 (gè)
春秋chūn qiūspring and autumn; four seasons
时期 (時期)shí qīperiod; phase

See also: Japanese symbol for “puberty”.

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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