Chinese symbol for “rapture”
销魂
xiāo hún
Traditional: 銷魂
ecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rapture is 销魂 (xiāo hún), defined as: ecstasy; rapture; to feel overwhelming joy or sorrow.
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
Related words
Other words that share a character with 销魂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 销售 (銷售) | xiāo shòu | to sell; to market |
| 撤销 (撤銷) | chè xiāo | to cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo |
| 营销 (營銷) | yíng xiāo | marketing |
| 销量 (銷量) | xiāo liàng | sales volume |
| 推销 (推銷) | tuī xiāo | to market; to sell |
| 畅销 (暢銷) | chàng xiāo | to sell well; bestselling; chart-topping |
| 灵魂 (靈魂) | líng hún | soul; spirit |
| 鬼魂 | guǐ hún | ghost |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rapture”.
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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