Chinese symbol for “inclination”
志趣
zhì qù
inclination; interest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inclination is 志趣 (zhì qù), defined as: inclination; interest.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “inclination”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 倾斜度 (傾斜度) | qīng xié dù | inclination (from the horizontal or vertical); slope |
| 走向 | zǒu xiàng | direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) |
| 心思 | xīn si | mind; thoughts |
| 意向 | yì xiàng | intention; purpose |
| 意 | yì | (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 志趣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 杂志 (雜誌) | zá zhì | magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī) |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 意志 | yì zhì | will; willpower; determination |
| 志愿 (志願) | zhì yuàn | aspiration; ambition |
| 志愿者 (志願者) | zhì yuàn zhě | volunteer |
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 有趣 | yǒu qù | interesting; fascinating; amusing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inclination”.
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.