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Chinese symbol for “introspective”

内省性
nèi xǐng xìng
Traditional: 內省性
introversion; introspective

The closest CC-CEDICT match for introspective is 内省性 (nèi xǐng xìng), defined as: introversion; introspective.

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

内 nèi
inside
radical 13 ⼌ · 4 strokes
省 xǐng
province; frugal; to save, to leave out
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 内省性.

WordPinyinMeaning
内容 (內容)nèi róngcontent; substance; details; 项 (xiàng)
国内 (國內)guó nèidomestic; internal (to a country)
内部 (內部)nèi bùinterior; inside (part, section)
境内 (境內)jìng nèiwithin the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc)
内地 (內地)nèi dìinland; interior
内阁 (內閣)nèi gé(government) cabinet
全省quán shěngthe whole province
省份shěng fènprovince
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “introspective”.

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.

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