Chinese symbol for “magnanimous”
坦荡
tǎn dàng
Traditional: 坦蕩
magnanimous; broad and level
The closest CC-CEDICT match for magnanimous is 坦荡 (tǎn dàng), defined as: magnanimous; broad and level.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “magnanimous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大度 | dà dù | magnanimous; generous (in spirit) |
| 宽宏大量 (寬宏大量) | kuān hóng dà liàng | magnanimous (idiom); generous |
| 宽宏 (寬宏) | kuān hóng | magnanimous |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 宽大为怀 (寬大為懷) | kuān dà wéi huái | magnanimous (idiom); generous |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坦荡.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman |
| 坦诚 (坦誠) | tǎn chéng | candid; frank |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest; forthcoming |
| 平坦 | píng tǎn | level; even |
| 坦言 | tǎn yán | to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly |
| 坦率 | tǎn shuài | frank; candid; straightforward |
| 动荡 (動盪) | dòng dàng | variant of 动荡 (dòng dàng) |
| 震荡 (震盪) | zhèn dàng | to shake up; to jolt |
See also: Japanese symbol for “magnanimous”.
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.