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Chinese symbol for “remarkable”

出色
chū sè
remarkable; outstanding

The closest CC-CEDICT match for remarkable is 出色 (chū sè), defined as: remarkable; outstanding.

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

出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
色 sè
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
radical 139 ⾊ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “remarkable”

WordPinyinMeaning
长足 (長足)cháng zúremarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
可圈可点 (可圈可點)kě quān kě diǎnremarkable (performance, achievement etc); worthy of praise
不凡bù fánextraordinary; remarkable; exceptional
显著 (顯著)xiǎn zhùoutstanding; notable
杰出 (傑出)jié chūoutstanding; distinguished

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出色.

WordPinyinMeaning
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out
出版chū bǎnto publish
角色jué sèrole; part (in a play or movie etc); also pr. [jiao3se4]
特色tè sèa characteristic; a distinctive feature or quality
颜色 (顏色)yán sècolor; countenance

See also: Japanese symbol for “remarkable”.

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.