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Chinese symbol for “conditions”

势
shì
Traditional: 勢
power; influence; potential; momentum

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conditions is 势 (shì), defined as: power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend.

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

势 shì
power, force; tendency, attitude
radical 19 ⼒ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 势.

WordPinyinMeaning
优势 (優勢)yōu shìsuperiority; dominance
势力 (勢力)shì lipower; influence
趋势 (趨勢)qū shìtrend; tendency
形势 (形勢)xíng shìcircumstances; situation
局势 (局勢)jú shìsituation; state (of affairs)
姿势 (姿勢)zī shìposture; position

See also: Japanese symbol for “conditions”.

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.