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Chinese symbol for “justifiable”

名正言顺
míng zhèng yán shùn
Traditional: 名正言順
in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for justifiable is 名正言顺 (míng zhèng yán shùn), defined as: in a way that justifies the use of the term; genuine; proper; in a way that conforms to logic; justifiable; appropriate.

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

名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
正 zhèng
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
radical 77 ⽌ · 5 strokes
言 yán
words, speech; to speak, to say
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
顺 shùn
to submit to, to obey, to go along with
radical 181 ⾴ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “justifiable”

WordPinyinMeaning
说得过去 (說得過去)shuō de guò qùacceptable; passable

Related words

Other words that share a character with 名正言顺.

WordPinyinMeaning
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted
名称 (名稱)míng chēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)
名单 (名單)míng dānlist of names
知名zhī míngwell-known; famous
排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
语言 (語言)yǔ yánlanguage; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng)
顺利 (順利)shùn lìsmoothly; without a hitch

See also: Japanese symbol for “justifiable”.

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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