Chinese symbol for “honest”
正当
zhèng dàng
Traditional: 正當
honest; reasonable; fair; sensible
The closest CC-CEDICT match for honest is 正当 (zhèng dàng), defined as: honest; reasonable; fair; sensible.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “honest”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老实 (老實) | lǎo shi | honest; sincere; well-behaved |
| 诚实 (誠實) | chéng shí | honest |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest; forthcoming |
| 清廉 | qīng lián | honest; uncorrupted |
| 耿直 | gěng zhí | honest; frank; candid |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 正当.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | normal; regular |
| 正确 (正確) | zhèng què | correct; sound; right; proper |
| 正是 | zhèng shì | is precisely |
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
See also: Japanese symbol for “honest”.
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.