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Chinese symbol for “ideas”

心路
xīn lù
scheme; artifice; tolerance; intention

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ideas is 心路 (xīn lù), defined as: scheme; artifice; tolerance; intention; motive; train of thought.

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

心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes
路 lù
road, path, street; journey
radical 157 ⾜ · 13 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ideas”

WordPinyinMeaning
脑瓜 (腦瓜)nǎo guāskull; brain

Related words

Other words that share a character with 心路.

WordPinyinMeaning
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried
关心 (關心)guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about
核心hé xīncore; nucleus
开心 (開心)kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoice
心里 (心裡)xīn lichest; heart; mind
铁路 (鐵路)tiě lùrailroad; railway
道路dào lùroad; path

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.