Chinese symbol for “compassion”
爱心
ài xīn
Traditional: 愛心
compassion; kindness; care for others; love
The closest CC-CEDICT match for compassion is 爱心 (ài xīn), defined as: compassion; kindness; care for others; love; measure word: 片 (piàn); charity (bazaar, golf day etc).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “compassion”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 恻隐之心 (惻隱之心) | cè yǐn zhī xīn | compassion |
| 恻隐 (惻隱) | cè yǐn | compassion; empathetic |
| 仁爱 (仁愛) | rén ài | benevolence; charity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 爱心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 爱情 (愛情) | ài qíng | romance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn) |
| 可爱 (可愛) | kě ài | adorable; cute |
| 爱国 (愛國) | ài guó | to love one's country; patriotic |
| 喜爱 (喜愛) | xǐ ài | to like; to love |
| 亲爱 (親愛) | qīn ài | dear; beloved |
| 热爱 (熱愛) | rè ài | to love ardently; to adore |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
See also: Japanese symbol for “compassion”.
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.