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Chinese symbol for “sunbathing”

日光浴
rì guāng yù
sunbathing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sunbathing is 日光浴 (rì guāng yù), defined as: sunbathing.

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

日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes
光 guāng
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely
radical 10 ⼉ · 6 strokes
浴 yù
to bathe, to shower, to wash
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “sunbathing”

WordPinyinMeaning
阳光浴 (陽光浴)yáng guāng yùsunbathing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 日光浴.

WordPinyinMeaning
今日jīn rìtoday
日子rì ziday; a (calendar) date
日常rì chángday-to-day; daily; everyday
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
每日měi rìdaily; (soup etc) of the day
日期rì qīdate
阳光 (陽光)yáng guāngsunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic
曝光bào guāngto expose (photography); (fig.) to expose (a scandal)
浴室yù shìbathroom; shower room (间 (jiān)); bathhouse

See also: Japanese symbol for “sunbathing”.

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.