Chinese symbol for “forethought”
前瞻
qián zhān
forward-looking; prescient; foresight; forethought
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forethought is 前瞻 (qián zhān), defined as: forward-looking; prescient; foresight; forethought; outlook.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “forethought”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 前瞻.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before; prior to |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before; formerly |
| 前往 | qián wǎng | to leave for; to proceed towards; to go to |
| 面前 | miàn qián | in front of; facing |
| 当前 (當前) | dāng qián | the present time; to be faced with |
| 瞻仰 | zhān yǎng | to revere; to admire |
| 高瞻远瞩 (高瞻遠矚) | gāo zhān yuǎn zhǔ | to stand tall and see far (idiom); taking the long and broad view; acute foresight |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forethought”.
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.