Chinese symbol for “intelligent”
聪明
cōng ming
Traditional: 聰明
intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intelligent is 聪明 (cōng ming), defined as: intelligent; clever; bright; acute (of sight and hearing).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “intelligent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 智能 | zhì néng | intelligent; able |
| 慧 | huì | intelligent |
| 明慧 | míng huì | intelligent; brilliant |
| 聪慧 (聰慧) | cōng huì | bright; intelligent |
| 慧黠 | huì xiá | intelligent; bright |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 聪明.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聪慧 (聰慧) | cōng huì | bright; intelligent |
| 聪明才智 (聰明才智) | cōng ming cái zhì | intelligence and ability |
| 小聪明 (小聰明) | xiǎo cōng ming | clever-clever; clever in trivial matters |
| 聪颖 (聰穎) | cōng yǐng | smart; intelligent |
| 自作聪明 (自作聰明) | zì zuò cōng míng | (idiom) to think oneself clever |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 证明 (證明) | zhèng míng | proof; certificate |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intelligent”.
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.