Chinese symbol for “habitual”
惯性
guàn xìng
Traditional: 慣性
(physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual
The closest CC-CEDICT match for habitual is 惯性 (guàn xìng), defined as: (physics) inertia; (fig.) force of habit; tendency to do things in the accustomed way; habitual.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “habitual”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 惯性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 习惯 (習慣) | xí guàn | habit; custom |
| 惯例 (慣例) | guàn lì | convention; usual practice |
| 惯用 (慣用) | guàn yòng | to use habitually; habitual |
| 习惯性 (習慣性) | xí guàn xìng | customary |
| 惯常 (慣常) | guàn cháng | usual; customary |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
| 性质 (性質) | xìng zhì | nature; characteristic |
See also: Japanese symbol for “habitual”.
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.