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Chinese symbol for “docile”

温顺
wēn shùn
Traditional: 溫順
docile; meek

The closest CC-CEDICT match for docile is 温顺 (wēn shùn), defined as: docile; meek.

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

温 wēn
warm, lukewarm
radical 85 ⽔ · 13 strokes
顺 shùn
to submit to, to obey, to go along with
radical 181 ⾴ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “docile”

WordPinyinMeaning
温驯 (溫馴)wēn xùndocile; meek
服帖fú tiēdocile; obedient
老实巴交 (老實巴交)lǎo shi bā jiāo(coll.) docile; well-behaved
驯良 (馴良)xùn liángdocile; tame
帖服tiē fúdocile; obedient

Related words

Other words that share a character with 温顺.

WordPinyinMeaning
温度 (溫度)wēn dùtemperature; 个 (gè)
温暖 (溫暖)wēn nuǎnwarm
温柔 (溫柔)wēn róugentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman)
气温 (氣溫)qì wēnair temperature
高温 (高溫)gāo wēnhigh temperature
温和 (溫和)wēn hémild; gentle
顺利 (順利)shùn lìsmoothly; without a hitch
顺序 (順序)shùn xùsequence; order

See also: Japanese symbol for “docile”.

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.

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