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Chinese symbol for “heartily”

打心眼里
dǎ xīn yǎn li
Traditional: 打心眼裡
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heartily is 打心眼里 (dǎ xīn yǎn li), defined as: from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely.

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

打 dǎ
to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
radical 64 ⼿ · 5 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes
里 li
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
radical 166 ⾥ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 打心眼里.

WordPinyinMeaning
打开 (打開)dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)
打击 (打擊)dǎ jīto hit; to strike
打算dǎ suànto plan; to intend
打电话 (打電話)dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call
打破dǎ pòto break; to smash
打败 (打敗)dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)
这里 (這裏)zhè lǐvariant of 这里 (zhè lǐ)

See also: Japanese symbol for “heartily”.

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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