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Chinese symbol for “gentle”

平和
píng hé
gentle; mild; moderate; placid

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gentle is 平和 (píng hé), defined as: gentle; mild; moderate; placid.

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

平 píng
flat, level, even; peaceful
radical 51 ⼲ · 5 strokes
和 hé
harmony, peace; calm, peaceful
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “gentle”

WordPinyinMeaning
淑shū(bound form) (of women) gentle; kind; lovely; admirable; (used in given names)
柔和róu hégentle; soft
温润 (溫潤)wēn rùngentle; kindly
顺和 (順和)shùn hégentle; affable
文wénlanguage; culture

Related words

Other words that share a character with 平和.

WordPinyinMeaning
平台 (平臺)píng táiplatform; terrace
和平hé píngpeace; peaceful
水平shuǐ pínghorizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
平均píng jūnaverage; on average; evenly; in equal proportions
公平gōng píngfair; impartial
平等píng děngequal; equality
共和国 (共和國)gòng hé guórepublic
和谐 (和諧)hé xiéharmonious; harmony

See also: Japanese symbol for “gentle”.

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.

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