Chinese symbol for “insight”
洞察力
dòng chá lì
insight
The closest CC-CEDICT match for insight is 洞察力 (dòng chá lì), defined as: insight.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “insight”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 洞见 (洞見) | dòng jiàn | insight; to see clearly |
| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze; insight |
| 见识 (見識) | jiàn shi | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself |
| 心得 | xīn dé | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge |
| 慧眼 | huì yǎn | an all-seeing mind; mental perception |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 洞察力.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漏洞 | lòu dòng | leak; hole |
| 洞穴 | dòng xué | cave; cavern |
| 黑洞 | hēi dòng | (astronomy) black hole |
| 空洞 | kōng dòng | cavity; empty |
| 山洞 | shān dòng | cavern; cave |
| 洞口 | dòng kǒu | cave mouth; tunnel entrance |
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability; ability |
See also: Japanese symbol for “insight”.
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.