Chinese symbol for “ideal”
理想
lǐ xiǎng
an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
The closest CC-CEDICT match for ideal is 理想 (lǐ xiǎng), defined as: an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “ideal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 志向 | zhì xiàng | ambition; goal |
| 再好不过 (再好不過) | zài hǎo bù guò | couldn't be better; ideal |
| 天造地设 (天造地設) | tiān zào dì shè | lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 理想.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 管理 | guǎn lǐ | to supervise; to manage |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 理解 | lǐ jiě | to comprehend; to understand |
| 总理 (總理) | zǒng lǐ | premier; prime minister |
| 理由 | lǐ yóu | reason; grounds |
| 想要 | xiǎng yào | to want to; to feel like |
| 思想 | sī xiǎng | thought; thinking |
See also: Japanese symbol for “ideal”.
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.