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Chinese symbol for “ringing”

清脆
qīng cuì
sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ringing is 清脆 (qīng cuì), defined as: sharp and clear; crisp; melodious; ringing; tinkling; silvery (of sound).

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

清 qīng
clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
radical 85 ⽔ · 11 strokes
脆 cuì
fragile, frail; brittle, crisp
radical 130 ⾁ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ringing”

WordPinyinMeaning
轻脆 (輕脆)qīng cuìsharp and clear; crisp
电话铃声 (電話鈴聲)diàn huà líng shēng(telephone) ring; ringing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 清脆.

WordPinyinMeaning
清楚qīng chuclear; distinct
清理qīng lǐto clear up; to tidy up
清晰qīng xīclear; distinct
高清gāo qīnghigh definition (television etc); high fidelity (audio)
清洁 (清潔)qīng jiéclean; to clean
清醒qīng xǐngclear-headed; sober
脆弱cuì ruòweak; frail
干脆 (乾脆)gān cuìcandid; direct and to the point

See also: Japanese symbol for “ringing”.

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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