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Chinese symbol for “toy”

玩意
wán yì
toy; plaything; thing; act

The closest CC-CEDICT match for toy is 玩意 (wán yì), defined as: toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc).

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

玩 wán
to play with, to joke, to entertain
radical 96 ⽟ · 8 strokes
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “toy”

WordPinyinMeaning
玩物wán wùtoy; plaything
玩wánto play; to have fun
玩具wán jùplaything; toy

Related words

Other words that share a character with 玩意.

WordPinyinMeaning
玩家wán jiāplayer (of a game); enthusiast (audio, model planes etc)
玩具wán jùplaything; toy
开玩笑 (開玩笑)kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
好玩hǎo wánamusing; fun
玩笑wán xiàoto joke; joke
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
意思yì siidea; opinion

See also: Japanese symbol for “toy”.

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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