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Chinese symbol for “foresee”

预见
yù jiàn
Traditional: 預見
to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision

The closest CC-CEDICT match for foresee is 预见 (yù jiàn), defined as: to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to envision; foresight; intuition.

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

预 yù
to prepare, to arrange; in advance
radical 181 ⾴ · 10 strokes
见 jiàn
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear
radical 147 ⾒ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “foresee”

WordPinyinMeaning
料到liào dàoto foresee; to anticipate
逆料nì liàoto foresee; to predict
预知 (預知)yù zhīto anticipate; to foresee

Related words

Other words that share a character with 预见.

WordPinyinMeaning
预算 (預算)yù suànbudget
预测 (預測)yù cèto forecast; to predict
预计 (預計)yù jìto forecast; to predict
预期 (預期)yù qīto expect; to anticipate
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
干预 (干預)gān yùto meddle; to intervene
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of

See also: Japanese symbol for “foresee”.

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.