Chinese symbol for “commitment”
承诺
chéng nuò
Traditional: 承諾
to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for commitment is 承诺 (chéng nuò), defined as: to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “commitment”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 承诺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 承认 (承認) | chéng rèn | to admit; to concede |
| 承担 (承擔) | chéng dān | to undertake; to assume (responsibility etc) |
| 继承 (繼承) | jì chéng | to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc) |
| 承受 | chéng shòu | to bear; to support |
| 传承 (傳承) | chuán chéng | to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times) |
| 诺言 (諾言) | nuò yán | promise |
| 许诺 (許諾) | xǔ nuò | to promise; to pledge |
| 允诺 (允諾) | yǔn nuò | to promise; to consent (to do sth) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “commitment”.
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.