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Chinese symbol for “consequential”

事关重大
shì guān zhòng dà
Traditional: 事關重大
the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential

The closest CC-CEDICT match for consequential is 事关重大 (shì guān zhòng dà), defined as: the implications are profound; the ramifications are huge; (of a decision etc) consequential.

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

事 shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes
关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
重 zhòng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 事关重大.

WordPinyinMeaning
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事gù shìold practice
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining to; concerning
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “consequential”.

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.