Chinese symbol for “kindness”
好心
hǎo xīn
kindness; good intentions
The closest CC-CEDICT match for kindness is 好心 (hǎo xīn), defined as: kindness; good intentions.
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
Other Chinese words for “kindness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 善心 | shàn xīn | kindness; benevolence |
| 恩情 | ēn qíng | kindness; affection |
| 恩 | ēn | favor; grace; kindness; (coll.) used like 嗯 (èn) in online chat, expressing agreement |
| 德 | dé | virtue; goodness |
| 仁术 (仁術) | rén shù | kindness; benevolence |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 好心.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | as if; to seem like |
| 不好 | bù hǎo | no good |
| 好好 | hǎo hǎo | in perfectly good condition; perfectly all right; well; thoroughly; carefully; properly |
| 良好 | liáng hǎo | good; favorable |
| 好看 | hǎo kàn | good-looking; nice-looking; (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
See also: Japanese symbol for “kindness”.
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.