Chinese symbol for “vivacious”
活泼
huó po
Traditional: 活潑
lively; vivacious; brisk; active
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vivacious is 活泼 (huó po), defined as: lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 活泼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 活跃 (活躍) | huó yuè | active; lively |
| 活着 (活著) | huó zhe | alive |
| 活力 | huó lì | energy; vitality |
| 灵活 (靈活) | líng huó | flexible; nimble |
| 泼妇 (潑婦) | pō fù | shrew; vixen |
| 泼辣 (潑辣) | pō la | shrewish; pungent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vivacious”.
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.