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Chinese symbol for “deliberate”

审议
shěn yì
Traditional: 審議
(of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider; to discuss

The closest CC-CEDICT match for deliberate is 审议 (shěn yì), defined as: (of a committee etc) to deliberate; to consider; to discuss.

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

审 shěn
to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
议 yì
to consult, to talk over; to criticize, to discuss
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “deliberate”

WordPinyinMeaning
蓄意xù yìdeliberate; premeditated
计议 (計議)jì yìto deliberate; to talk over
商酌shāng zhuóto deliberate
商讨 (商討)shāng tǎoto discuss; to deliberate
斟酌zhēn zhuóto consider; to deliberate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 审议.

WordPinyinMeaning
审查 (審查)shěn cháto examine; to investigate
审判 (審判)shěn pàna trial; to try sb
审核 (審核)shěn héto audit; to investigate thoroughly
审批 (審批)shěn pīto examine and approve; to endorse
审理 (審理)shěn lǐto hear (a case)
会议 (會議)huì yìmeeting; conference
建议 (建議)jiàn yìto propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation (点 (diǎn))
协议 (協議)xié yìagreement; pact

See also: Japanese symbol for “deliberate”.

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.