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Chinese symbol for “venus”

启明星
qǐ míng xīng
Traditional: 啟明星
(astronomy) Venus

The closest CC-CEDICT match for venus is 启明星 (qǐ míng xīng), defined as: (astronomy) Venus.

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

启 qǐ
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes
明 míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
radical 72 ⽇ · 8 strokes
星 xīng
star, planet; a point of light
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 启明星.

WordPinyinMeaning
启动 (啟動)qǐ dòngto start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion
开启 (開啟)kāi qǐto start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature)
启用 (啟用)qǐ yòngto start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)
启发 (啟發)qǐ fāto enlighten; to explain (a text etc)
启蒙 (啟矇)qǐ méngvariant of 启蒙 (qǐ méng); to instruct the young
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
明白míng baiclear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable
星期xīng qīweek; 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “venus”.

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.