Chinese symbol for “diligence”
勤勉
qín miǎn
diligence; diligent; industrious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for diligence is 勤勉 (qín miǎn), defined as: diligence; diligent; industrious.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 勤勉.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 后勤 (後勤) | hòu qín | logistics |
| 勤劳 (勤勞) | qín láo | hardworking; industrious; diligent |
| 勤奋 (勤奮) | qín fèn | hardworking; diligent |
| 通勤 | tōng qín | commuting |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking; industrious |
| 勤务 (勤務) | qín wù | service; duties |
| 勉强 (勉強) | miǎn qiǎng | to do with difficulty; to force sb to do sth |
| 勉励 (勉勵) | miǎn lì | to encourage |
See also: Japanese symbol for “diligence”.
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.