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Chinese symbol for “methodical”

有板有眼
yǒu bǎn yǒu yǎn
orderly; methodical; rhythmical

The closest CC-CEDICT match for methodical is 有板有眼 (yǒu bǎn yǒu yǎn), defined as: orderly; methodical; rhythmical.

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

有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
板 bǎn
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff
radical 75 ⽊ · 8 strokes
有
有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
眼 yǎn
eyelet, hole, opening
radical 109 ⽬ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “methodical”

WordPinyinMeaning
井井jǐng jǐngalways clean; orderly; methodical

Related words

Other words that share a character with 有板有眼.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
老板lǎo bǎnvariant of 老板 (lǎo bǎn)
地板dì bǎnfloor
眼睛yǎn jingeye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “methodical”.

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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