Chinese symbol for “devout”
虔诚
qián chéng
Traditional: 虔誠
pious; devout; sincere
The closest CC-CEDICT match for devout is 虔诚 (qián chéng), defined as: pious; devout; sincere.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “devout”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虔诚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虔敬 | qián jìng | reverent |
| 虔信 | qián xìn | piety; devotion (to a religion) |
| 一秉虔诚 (一秉虔誠) | yī bǐng qián chéng | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); devoutly |
| 敬虔 | jìng qián | devout |
| 虔信主义 (虔信主義) | qián xìn zhǔ yì | fideism; fundamentalism |
| 忠诚 (忠誠) | zhōng chéng | devoted; loyal |
| 诚信 (誠信) | chéng xìn | honesty; trustworthiness; good faith |
| 真诚 (真誠) | zhēn chéng | sincere; genuine; true |
See also: Japanese symbol for “devout”.
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.