Chinese symbol for “circumspect”
饬
chì
Traditional: 飭
(bound form) to put in order; to arrange properly; circumspect; well-behaved
The closest CC-CEDICT match for circumspect is 饬 (chì), defined as: (bound form) to put in order; to arrange properly; circumspect; well-behaved; to give (sb) an order.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 饬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 整饬 (整飭) | zhěng chì | (literary) to put in good order; to make shipshape; (literary) orderly; neat; tidy |
| 申饬 (申飭) | shēn chì | to warn; to blame |
| 严饬 (嚴飭) | yán chì | careful; precise |
| 捯饬 (捯飭) | dáo chi | (coll.) to doll up; to spruce up |
| 雅饬 (雅飭) | yǎ chì | elegant orderliness; poise |
See also: Japanese symbol for “circumspect”.
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.