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Chinese symbol for “holistic”

宏观
hóng guān
Traditional: 宏觀
macro-; macroscopic; holistic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for holistic is 宏观 (hóng guān), defined as: macro-; macroscopic; holistic.

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Characters and stroke order

宏 hóng
great, spacious, vast, wide
radical 40 ⼧ · 7 strokes
观 guān
to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
radical 147 ⾒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “holistic”

WordPinyinMeaning
全方位quán fāng wèiall around; omnidirectional
完形wán xíngtotal form; coherent whole

Related words

Other words that share a character with 宏观.

WordPinyinMeaning
宏伟 (宏偉)hóng wěigrand; imposing
宏大hóng dàgreat; grand
宏观经济 (宏觀經濟)hóng guān jīng jìmacroeconomic
宏愿 (宏願)hóng yuàngreat aspiration; great ambition
宽宏大量 (寬宏大量)kuān hóng dà liàngmagnanimous (idiom); generous
观点 (觀點)guān diǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
观众 (觀眾)guān zhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
观察 (觀察)guān cháto observe; to watch; to survey

See also: Japanese symbol for “holistic”.

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.