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Chinese symbol for “swaying”

晃晃悠悠
huàng huang yōu yōu
swaying; wobbling

The closest CC-CEDICT match for swaying is 晃晃悠悠 (huàng huang yōu yōu), defined as: swaying; wobbling.

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

晃 huàng
bright, dazzling; to shake, to sway
radical 72 ⽇ · 10 strokes
晃
晃 huang
bright, dazzling; to shake, to sway
radical 72 ⽇ · 10 strokes
悠 yōu
distant, remote; long, far; carefree
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes
悠
悠 yōu
distant, remote; long, far; carefree
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “swaying”

WordPinyinMeaning
憧憧chōng chōng(of light, shadows) swaying; moving about; dancing
漂摇 (漂搖)piāo yáoswaying; tottering
飘摇 (飄搖)piāo yáofloating in the wind; swaying
颤巍巍 (顫巍巍)chàn wēi wēitrembling; swaying

Related words

Other words that share a character with 晃晃悠悠.

WordPinyinMeaning
摇晃 (搖晃)yáo huàngto rock; to shake; to sway
晃动 (晃動)huàng dòngto shake; to sway; to rock
一晃yī huǎng(of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash
晃悠huàng youto swing; to sway
晃荡 (晃蕩)huàng dangto rock; to sway
明晃晃míng huǎng huǎngshining; bright
悠久yōu jiǔlong (tradition, history etc)
悠闲 (悠閑)yōu xiánvariant of 悠閒|悠闲; leisurely
忽悠hū youto rock; to sway

See also: Japanese symbol for “swaying”.

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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