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Chinese symbol for “hardiness”

耐受力
nài shòu lì
tolerance; ability to survive; hardiness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hardiness is 耐受力 (nài shòu lì), defined as: tolerance; ability to survive; hardiness.

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

耐 nài
to resist, to bear; patient, enduring
radical 126 ⽽ · 9 strokes
受 shòu
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
radical 29 ⼜ · 8 strokes
力 lì
strength, power; capability, influence
radical 19 ⼒ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 耐受力.

WordPinyinMeaning
耐心nài xīnto be patient; patience
忍耐rěn nàito endure; to put up with; to exercise patience
能耐néng nàiability; capability
耐用nài yòngdurable
不耐烦 (不耐煩)bù nài fánimpatient; to lose patience
耐力nài lìendurance
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
能力néng lìcapability; ability

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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