Chinese symbol for “meaningful”
隽
juàn
Traditional: 雋
meaningful; significant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meaningful is 隽 (juàn), defined as: meaningful; significant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “meaningful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隽永 (雋永) | juàn yǒng | meaningful; thought-provoking |
| 有意思 | yǒu yì si | interesting; meaningful |
| 意味深长 (意味深長) | yì wèi shēn cháng | profound; significant |
| 有意义 (有意義) | yǒu yì yì | to make sense; to have meaning |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 隽.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隽永 (雋永) | juàn yǒng | meaningful; thought-provoking |
| 含味隽永 (含味雋永) | hán wèi juàn yǒng | fine, lasting flavor (of literature) |
| 隽品 (雋品) | juàn pǐn | outstanding work |
| 隽妙 (雋妙) | juàn miào | extremely elegant |
| 隽拔 (雋拔) | juàn bá | handsome (of people); graceful (of calligraphy) |
| 隽敏 (雋敏) | juàn mǐn | refined and smart |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meaningful”.
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.