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Chinese symbol for “justify”

辩解
biàn jiě
Traditional: 辯解
to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for justify is 辩解 (biàn jiě), defined as: to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself.

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

辩 biàn
to argue, to dispute; to discuss, to debate
radical 160 ⾟ · 16 strokes
解 jiě
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie
radical 148 ⾓ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “justify”

WordPinyinMeaning
对齐 (對齊)duì qíto align; (typography) to justify

Related words

Other words that share a character with 辩解.

WordPinyinMeaning
辩论 (辯論)biàn lùndebate; argument
辩护 (辯護)biàn hùto speak in defense of; to argue in favor of
争辩 (爭辯)zhēng biàna dispute; to wrangle
辩证法 (辯證法)biàn zhèng fǎdialectics; dialectic or Socratic method of debate
答辩 (答辯)dá biànto reply (to an accusation); to defend one's dissertation
了解liǎo jiěto understand; to know about; to learn about; to find out
解决 (解決)jiě juéto solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc)
解释 (解釋)jiě shìexplanation; to explain

See also: Japanese symbol for “justify”.

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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