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Chinese symbol for “rarefied”

稀薄
xī bó
thin; rarefied

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rarefied is 稀薄 (xī bó), defined as: thin; rarefied.

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

稀 xī
rare, unusual; scarce, sparse
radical 115 ⽲ · 12 strokes
薄 bó
thin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
radical 140 ⾋ · 17 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 稀薄.

WordPinyinMeaning
稀有xī yǒuuncommon; rare
稀少xī shǎosparse; rare
稀缺xī quēscarce; scarcity
稀释 (稀釋)xī shìto dilute
稀奇xī qírare; strange
稀土xī tǔrare earth (chemistry)
薄弱bó ruòweak; frail
薄膜bó mómembrane; film

See also: Japanese symbol for “rarefied”.

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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