Chinese symbol for “windfall”
横财
hèng cái
Traditional: 橫財
easy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains; undeserved fortune
The closest CC-CEDICT match for windfall is 横财 (hèng cái), defined as: easy money; windfall; ill-gotten gains; undeserved fortune; illegal profit.
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
Other Chinese words for “windfall”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 横财.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 横向 (橫向) | héng xiàng | horizontal; orthogonal |
| 横跨 (橫跨) | héng kuà | to span; to stretch across |
| 纵横 (縱橫) | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth |
| 横扫 (橫掃) | héng sǎo | to sweep away; to sweep across |
| 横行 (橫行) | héng xíng | to go on the rampage; to riot |
| 横幅 (橫幅) | héng fú | horizontal scroll; banner |
| 财产 (財產) | cái chǎn | property; assets |
| 财富 (財富) | cái fù | wealth; riches |
See also: Japanese symbol for “windfall”.
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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