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Chinese symbol for “superficial”

肤浅
fū qiǎn
Traditional: 膚淺
superficial; shallow

The closest CC-CEDICT match for superficial is 肤浅 (fū qiǎn), defined as: superficial; shallow.

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

肤 fū
skin; shallow, superficial
radical 130 ⾁ · 8 strokes
浅 qiǎn
shallow, superficial
radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “superficial”

WordPinyinMeaning
浅薄 (淺薄)qiǎn bósuperficial
鄙陋bǐ lòusuperficial; shallow
浮fúto float; superficial
漂浮piāo fúto float; to hover
表象biǎo xiàngoutward appearance; superficial

Related words

Other words that share a character with 肤浅.

WordPinyinMeaning
皮肤 (皮膚)pí fūskin; 层 (céng),块 (kuài)
肌肤 (肌膚)jī fūskin; flesh
肤色 (膚色)fū sèskin color
护肤 (護膚)hù fūskincare
皮肤病 (皮膚病)pí fū bìngskin disease; skin condition; dermatosis
搁浅 (擱淺)gē qiǎnto run aground; to become stranded; (fig.) to run into difficulties and come to a standstill; to stall
浅薄 (淺薄)qiǎn bósuperficial
浅色 (淺色)qiǎn sèlight color

See also: Japanese symbol for “superficial”.

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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