Chinese symbol for “enduring”
不朽
bù xiǔ
to last forever; eternal; enduring
The closest CC-CEDICT match for enduring is 不朽 (bù xiǔ), defined as: to last forever; eternal; enduring.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “enduring”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 久远 (久遠) | jiǔ yuǎn | lasting; enduring; extending over a long period of time |
| 持久 | chí jiǔ | lasting; enduring |
| 长久 (長久) | cháng jiǔ | long-time; long-term; lasting; enduring; permanent |
| 不衰 | bù shuāi | unfailing; never weakening |
| 长青 (長青) | cháng qīng | (literary) evergreen; enduring (friendship etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 不朽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot; must not |
| 不会 (不會) | bù huì | improbable; unlikely |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different; distinct |
| 腐朽 | fǔ xiǔ | rotten; decayed |
| 老朽 | lǎo xiǔ | decrepit and behind the times; old; useless; (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) |
| 朽木 | xiǔ mù | rotten wood |
See also: Japanese symbol for “enduring”.
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.