Chinese symbol for “smudge”
晕染
yùn rǎn
Traditional: 暈染
to smudge (become smeared); to smudge (create a blurred effect); shading (wash painting technique)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for smudge is 晕染 (yùn rǎn), defined as: to smudge (become smeared); to smudge (create a blurred effect); shading (wash painting technique).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “smudge”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 晕染.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 头晕 (頭暈) | tóu yūn | dizzy |
| 晕倒 (暈倒) | yūn dǎo | to faint; to swoon |
| 晕眩 (暈眩) | yūn xuàn | to feel dizzy; dizziness |
| 眩晕 (眩暈) | xuàn yùn | vertigo; dizziness |
| 晕车 (暈車) | yùn chē | to be carsick |
| 电晕 (電暈) | diàn yùn | corona discharge |
| 污染 | wū rǎn | (lit. and fig.) to pollute; to contaminate |
| 感染 | gǎn rǎn | to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence |
See also: Japanese symbol for “smudge”.
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.