Chinese symbol for “excuse”
原谅
yuán liàng
Traditional: 原諒
to excuse; to forgive; to pardon
The closest CC-CEDICT match for excuse is 原谅 (yuán liàng), defined as: to excuse; to forgive; to pardon.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “excuse”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 说辞 (說辭) | shuō cí | excuse; pretext |
| 包涵 | bāo han | to excuse; to forgive; to bear with; to be tolerant |
| 辩词 (辯詞) | biàn cí | an excuse |
| 借口 | jiè kǒu | to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext |
| 饰 (飾) | shì | decoration; ornament |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 原谅.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause; origin |
| 原来 (原來) | yuán lái | original; former; originally; formerly; at first |
| 原则 (原則) | yuán zé | principle; doctrine |
| 原本 | yuán běn | originally; the original; original copy; original version |
| 原始 | yuán shǐ | first; original |
| 原理 | yuán lǐ | principle; theory |
| 谅解 (諒解) | liàng jiě | to understand; to make allowances for |
| 体谅 (體諒) | tǐ liàng | to empathize; to allow (for sth) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “excuse”.
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.