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Chinese symbol for “temperamental”

喜怒无常
xǐ nù wú cháng
Traditional: 喜怒無常
temperamental; moody

The closest CC-CEDICT match for temperamental is 喜怒无常 (xǐ nù wú cháng), defined as: temperamental; moody.

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

喜 xǐ
to love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes
怒 nù
anger, passion, rage
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes
无 wú
no, not; lacking, -less
radical 71 ⽆ · 4 strokes
常 cháng
common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
radical 50 ⼱ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 喜怒无常.

WordPinyinMeaning
喜欢 (喜歡)xǐ huanto like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased
喜爱 (喜愛)xǐ àito like; to love
惊喜 (驚喜)jīng xǐnice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised
恭喜gōng xǐto congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!
喜剧 (喜劇)xǐ jùa comedy; measure word: 部 (bù), 出 (chū)
喜悦 (喜悅)xǐ yuèhappy; joyous
愤怒 (憤怒)fèn nùangry; indignant
激怒jī nùto infuriate; to enrage
无法 (無法)wú fǎunable to; incapable of
非常fēi chángvery; really; unusual; extraordinary

See also: Japanese symbol for “temperamental”.

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.