Chinese symbol for “quasar”

类星体

lèi xīng tǐ

Traditional: 類星體

quasar

The closest CC-CEDICT match for quasar is 类星体 (lèi xīng tǐ), defined as: quasar.

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

类 lèi

category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble

radical 119 ⽶ · 9 strokes

星 xīng

star, planet; a point of light

radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

体 tǐ

body; group, class; form, style, system

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 类星体.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
人类 (人類)	rén lèi	humanity; human race
类似 (類似)	lèi sì	similar; analogous
类型 (類型)	lèi xíng	type; kind; category; (computer programming) type
分类 (分類)	fēn lèi	to classify
之类 (之類)	zhī lèi	and so on; and such
种类 (種類)	zhǒng lèi	kind; genus
星期	xīng qī	week; 个 (gè)
明星	míng xīng	star; celebrity
媒体 (媒體)	méi tǐ	media, esp. news media

See also: Japanese symbol for “quasar”.

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.