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Chinese symbol for “subculture”

亚文化
yà wén huà
Traditional: 亞文化
subculture

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subculture is 亚文化 (yà wén huà), defined as: subculture.

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

亚 yà
Asia; second
radical 7 ⼆ · 6 strokes
文 wén
culture, literature, writing
radical 67 ⽂ · 4 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “subculture”

WordPinyinMeaning
次文化cì wén huàsubculture
一族yī zúsocial group; subculture

Related words

Other words that share a character with 亚文化.

WordPinyinMeaning
南亚 (南亞)nán Yàsouthern Asia
亚军 (亞軍)yà jūnsecond place (in a sports contest); runner-up
亚热带 (亞熱帶)yà rè dàisubtropical (zone or climate)
亚科 (亞科)yà kēsubfamily (taxonomy)
路亚 (路亞)lù yà(loanword) lure fishing
亚麻 (亞麻)yà máflax
文化wén huàculture; civilization
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation

See also: Japanese symbol for “subculture”.

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.