Chinese symbol for “fealty”

忠义

zhōng yì

Traditional: 忠義

loyal and righteous; fealty; loyalty

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fealty is 忠义 (zhōng yì), defined as: loyal and righteous; fealty; loyalty.

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Characters and stroke order

忠 zhōng

loyalty, devotion, fidelity

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

义 yì

right conduct, propriety; justice

radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

義 yì

Related words

Other words that share a character with 忠义.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
忠诚 (忠誠)	zhōng chéng	devoted; loyal
忠实 (忠實)	zhōng shí	faithful
忠于 (忠於)	zhōng yú	to be loyal to
效忠	xiào zhōng	to vow loyalty and devotion to
忠心	zhōng xīn	good faith; devotion
忠告	zhōng gào	to give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word
意义 (意義)	yì yì	sense; meaning
主义 (主義)	zhǔ yì	-ism; ideology

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.