Chinese symbol for “unlit”
黑灯
hēi dēng
Traditional: 黑燈
dark; unlit; a blacklight; an ultraviolet light
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unlit is 黑灯 (hēi dēng), defined as: dark; unlit; a blacklight; an ultraviolet light.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黑灯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黑人 | hēi rén | black person; an illegal |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 黑白 | hēi bái | black and white; right and wrong |
| 黑客 | hēi kè | (computing) (loanword) hacker |
| 黑帮 (黑幫) | hēi bāng | bunch of gangsters; criminal gang |
| 灯光 (燈光) | dēng guāng | (stage) lighting; light |
| 灯笼 (燈籠) | dēng lóng | lantern |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unlit”.
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.