Chinese symbol for “conceptualize”

立意

lì yì

to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea; concept; central idea; to be determined (to do sth)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conceptualize is 立意 (lì yì), defined as: to conceptualize; to come up with the central idea; concept; central idea; to be determined (to do sth).

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Characters and stroke order

立 lì

to stand; to establish, to set up

radical 117 ⽴ · 5 strokes

意 yì

thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention

radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 立意.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
建立	jiàn lì	to establish; to set up
成立	chéng lì	to establish; to set up
独立 (獨立)	dú lì	independent; independence
设立 (設立)	shè lì	to set up; to establish
立即	lì jí	immediately
立法	lì fǎ	to enact laws; to legislate
注意	zhù yì	to take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)	yì jiàn	idea; opinion

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.