Chinese symbol for “chivalrous”
侠义
xiá yì
Traditional: 俠義
chivalrous; chivalry; knight-errantry
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chivalrous is 侠义 (xiá yì), defined as: chivalrous; chivalry; knight-errantry.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “chivalrous”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 侠义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 武侠 (武俠) | wǔ xiá | martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant |
| 大侠 (大俠) | dà xiá | knight; swordsman |
| 武侠小说 (武俠小說) | wǔ xiá xiǎo shuō | a martial arts (wuxia) novel |
| 游侠 (遊俠) | yóu xiá | knight-errant |
| 侠客 (俠客) | xiá kè | chivalrous person; knight-errant |
| 独行侠 (獨行俠) | dú xíng xiá | loner; lone wolf |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chivalrous”.
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.