Chinese symbol for “deference”
敬服
jìng fú
deference; esteem; to admire
The closest CC-CEDICT match for deference is 敬服 (jìng fú), defined as: deference; esteem; to admire.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 敬服.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尊敬 | zūn jìng | to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) |
| 致敬 | zhì jìng | to salute; to pay one's respects to |
| 敬意 | jìng yì | respect; esteem; high regard |
| 敬畏 | jìng wèi | to revere |
| 敬重 | jìng zhòng | to respect deeply; to revere |
| 敬业 (敬業) | jìng yè | dedicated to one's work |
| 服务 (服務) | fú wù | to serve; service |
| 衣服 | yī fu | clothes; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 套 (tào) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “deference”.
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.