Chinese symbol for “skies”
云霄
yún xiāo
Traditional: 雲霄
(the) skies
The closest CC-CEDICT match for skies is 云霄 (yún xiāo), defined as: (the) skies.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “skies”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 云霄.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风云 (風雲) | fēng yún | weather; unstable situation |
| 白云 (白雲) | bái yún | white cloud |
| 云端 (雲端) | yún duān | high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud |
| 云集 (雲集) | yún jí | to gather (in a crowd); to converge |
| 星云 (星雲) | xīng yún | nebula |
| 乌云 (烏雲) | wū yún | black cloud |
| 云霄飞车 (雲霄飛車) | yún xiāo fēi chē | roller coaster |
| 九霄云外 (九霄雲外) | jiǔ xiāo yún wài | beyond the topmost clouds (idiom); unimaginably far away |
See also: Japanese symbol for “skies”.
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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