Chinese symbol for “meticulously”
刻意
kè yì
intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously
The closest CC-CEDICT match for meticulously is 刻意 (kè yì), defined as: intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “meticulously”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刻意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时刻 (時刻) | shí kè | time; juncture |
| 立刻 | lì kè | immediately; at once; right away |
| 深刻 | shēn kè | profound; deep |
| 此刻 | cǐ kè | this moment; now |
| 一刻 | yī kè | a quarter of an hour; 15 minutes; a moment; an instant |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “meticulously”.
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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