Chinese symbol for “connotation”
内涵
nèi hán
Traditional: 內涵
meaningful content; implication; (semantics) connotation; inner qualities (of a person)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for connotation is 内涵 (nèi hán), defined as: meaningful content; implication; (semantics) connotation; inner qualities (of a person).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “connotation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 含义 (含義) | hán yì | meaning (implicit in a phrase); implied meaning |
| 涵义 (涵義) | hán yì | content; meaning |
| 意蕴 (意蘊) | yì yùn | inner meaning; implication |
| 弦外之音 | xián wài zhī yīn | overtone (music); (fig.) connotation |
| 涵意 | hán yì | content; meaning |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 内涵.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内容 (內容) | nèi róng | content; substance; details; 项 (xiàng) |
| 国内 (國內) | guó nèi | domestic; internal (to a country) |
| 内部 (內部) | nèi bù | interior; inside (part, section) |
| 境内 (境內) | jìng nèi | within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc) |
| 内地 (內地) | nèi dì | inland; interior |
| 内阁 (內閣) | nèi gé | (government) cabinet |
| 涵盖 (涵蓋) | hán gài | to cover; to comprise |
| 涵义 (涵義) | hán yì | content; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “connotation”.
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.