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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “justifiable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 名正言顺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous; noted |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 知名 | zhī míng | well-known; famous |
| 排名 | pái míng | to rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true; really; indeed |
| 语言 (語言) | yǔ yán | language; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng) |
| 顺利 (順利) | shùn lì | smoothly; 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.