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Chinese symbol for “goodwill”

善意
shàn yì
goodwill; benevolence; kindness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for goodwill is 善意 (shàn yì), defined as: goodwill; benevolence; kindness.

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

善 shàn
good, virtuous, charitable, kind
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “goodwill”

WordPinyinMeaning
亲善 (親善)qīn shàngoodwill
美意měi yìgoodwill; kindness
商誉 (商譽)shāng yù(commerce) prestige; reputation; (accounting) goodwill

Related words

Other words that share a character with 善意.

WordPinyinMeaning
改善gǎi shànto make better; to improve
完善wán shàn(of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed
慈善cí shànbenevolent; charitable
善于 (善於)shàn yúto be good at; to be adept at
善良shàn liánggood and honest; kindhearted
友善yǒu shànfriendly
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion

See also: Japanese symbol for “goodwill”.

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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