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Chinese symbol for “youthful”

年青
nián qīng
youthful

The closest CC-CEDICT match for youthful is 年青 (nián qīng), defined as: youthful.

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

年 nián
year; anniversary; a person's age
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes
青 qīng
nature's color; blue, green, black; young
radical 174 ⾭ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “youthful”

WordPinyinMeaning
春chūnspring (season); gay
绮年 (綺年)qǐ niányoung; youthful

Related words

Other words that share a character with 年青.

WordPinyinMeaning
年代nián dàia decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age
今年jīn niánthis year
每年měi niánevery year; each year
青年qīng niányouth; youthful years
多年duō niánmany years; for many years
年轻 (年輕)nián qīngyoung
青少年qīng shào niánadolescent; youth
青春qīng chūnyouth; youthfulness

See also: Japanese symbol for “youthful”.

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.