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Chinese symbol for “shapely”

有形
yǒu xíng
material; tangible; visible; shapely

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shapely is 有形 (yǒu xíng), defined as: material; tangible; visible; shapely.

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

有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
形 xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “shapely”

WordPinyinMeaning
前凸后翘 (前凸後翹)qián tū hòu qiào(of a woman) to have nice curves; buxom; shapely

Related words

Other words that share a character with 有形.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape
形式xíng shìouter appearance; form

See also: Japanese symbol for “shapely”.

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.