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Chinese symbol for “romance”

爱情
ài qíng
Traditional: 愛情
romance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for romance is 爱情 (ài qíng), defined as: romance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn).

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

爱 ài
to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection
radical 87 ⽖ · 10 strokes
情 qíng
emotion, feeling, sentiment
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “romance”

WordPinyinMeaning
罗曼史 (羅曼史)luó màn shǐromance (loanword); love affair
风月 (風月)fēng yuèromance; beautiful scenery
传奇 (傳奇)chuán qílegendary; fantasy saga
风流韵事 (風流韻事)fēng liú yùn shìpoetic and passionate (idiom); romance; love affair
艳遇 (艷遇)yàn yùencounter with a beautiful woman; romance

Related words

Other words that share a character with 爱情.

WordPinyinMeaning
可爱 (可愛)kě àiadorable; cute
爱国 (愛國)ài guóto love one's country; patriotic
喜爱 (喜愛)xǐ àito like; to love
亲爱 (親愛)qīn àidear; beloved
热爱 (熱愛)rè àito love ardently; to adore
情况 (情況)qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
情绪 (情緒)qíng xùmood; state of mind

See also: Japanese symbol for “romance”.

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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