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Chinese symbol for “sweet”

甜
tián
sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sweet is 甜 (tián), defined as: sweet; (fig.) pleasant; endearing; lovely.

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

甜 tián
sweet, sweetness
radical 99 ⽢ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “sweet”

WordPinyinMeaning
甜蜜tián mìsweet; happy
甘gān(bound form) sweet; pleasant (contrasted with 苦 (kǔ): bitter, unpleasant); to be willing (to do sth)
甜美tián měisweet; pleasant
温柔 (溫柔)wēn róugentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
娇滴滴 (嬌滴滴)jiāo dī dīsweet; cute

Related words

Other words that share a character with 甜.

WordPinyinMeaning
甜蜜tián mìsweet; happy
甜美tián měisweet; pleasant
甜点 (甜點)tián diǎndessert
甜心tián xīndelighted to oblige; sweetheart
甜食tián shídessert; sweet
甜品tián pǐndessert

See also: Japanese symbol for “sweet”.

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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