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Chinese symbol for “sublimation”

升华
shēng huá
Traditional: 升華
to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sublimation is 升华 (shēng huá), defined as: to sublimate; sublimation (physics); to raise to a higher level; to refine; promotion.

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

升 shēng
to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
radical 24 ⼗ · 4 strokes
华 huá
flowery; illustrious; Chinese
radical 24 ⼗ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 升华.

WordPinyinMeaning
提升tí shēngto promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist
升级 (升級)shēng jíto go up by one grade; to be promoted; to escalate (in intensity)
上升shàng shēngto rise; to go up
直升机 (直升機)zhí shēng jīhelicopter; measure word: 架 (jià)
晋升 (晉升)jìn shēngto promote to a higher position
豪华 (豪華)háo huáluxurious
精华 (精華)jīng huábest feature; most important part of an object
华丽 (華麗)huá lìgorgeous

See also: Japanese symbol for “sublimation”.

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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