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Chinese symbol for “witty”

妙趣
miào qù
witty; clever; amusing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for witty is 妙趣 (miào qù), defined as: witty; clever; amusing.

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

妙 miào
mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful
radical 38 ⼥ · 7 strokes
趣 qù
interest; interesting; what attracts one's attention
radical 156 ⾛ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “witty”

WordPinyinMeaning
伶俐líng lìclever; witty; intelligent; deft; adroit
风趣 (風趣)fēng qùcharm; humor
俏皮qiào pismart; charming

Related words

Other words that share a character with 妙趣.

WordPinyinMeaning
奇妙qí miàowonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange
巧妙qiǎo miàoingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice
美妙měi miàobeautiful; wonderful
微妙wēi miàosubtle
莫名其妙mò míng qí miào(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
不妙bù miào(of a turn of events) not too encouraging; far from good
兴趣 (興趣)xìng qùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
有趣yǒu qùinteresting; fascinating; amusing

See also: Japanese symbol for “witty”.

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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