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Chinese symbol for “connotations”

字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
Traditional: 字裡行間
between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning; connotations

The closest CC-CEDICT match for connotations is 字里行间 (zì lǐ háng jiān), defined as: between the words and the lines (idiom); implied meaning; connotations.

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

字 zì
character, letter, symbol, word
radical 39 ⼦ · 6 strokes
里 lǐ
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
radical 166 ⾥ · 7 strokes
行 háng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
间 jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 字里行间.

WordPinyinMeaning
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
数字 (數字)shù zìnumeral; digit
文字wén zìcharacter; script
字母zì mǔletter (of the alphabet); 个 (gè)
字幕zì mùsubtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
汉字 (漢字)hàn zìChinese character(s)
这里 (這裏)zhè lǐvariant of 这里 (zhè lǐ)
哪里 (哪裏)nǎ lǐwhere?; somewhere
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time

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.

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