Chinese symbol for “affable”
和蔼可亲
hé ǎi kě qīn
Traditional: 和藹可親
affable; genial
The closest CC-CEDICT match for affable is 和蔼可亲 (hé ǎi kě qīn), defined as: affable; genial.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “affable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和悦 (和悅) | hé yuè | affable; kindly |
| 顺和 (順和) | shùn hé | gentle; affable |
| 口甜 | kǒu tián | soft-spoken; affable |
| 亲和 (親和) | qīn hé | to connect intimately (with); amiable |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 和蔼可亲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 和平 | hé píng | peace; peaceful |
| 共和国 (共和國) | gòng hé guó | republic |
| 和谐 (和諧) | hé xié | harmonious; harmony |
| 和尚 | hé shang | Buddhist monk |
| 共和 | gòng hé | republic; republicanism |
| 温和 (溫和) | wēn hé | mild; gentle |
| 和蔼 (和藹) | hé ǎi | kindly; nice |
| 蔼蔼 (藹藹) | ǎi ǎi | luxuriant (vegetation) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can; may |
| 母亲 (母親) | mǔ qīn | mother |
See also: Japanese symbol for “affable”.
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.