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Chinese symbol for “objective”

客观
kè guān
Traditional: 客觀
objective; impartial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for objective is 客观 (kè guān), defined as: objective; impartial.

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

客 kè
guest, traveller; customer
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes
观 guān
to observe, to spectate; appearance, view
radical 147 ⾒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “objective”

WordPinyinMeaning
宗旨zōng zhǐobjective; aim
目的mù dìpurpose; aim; goal; target; objective
目标 (目標)mù biāotarget; goal
物镜 (物鏡)wù jìngobjective (optics)
标的 (標的)biāo dìtarget; aim

Related words

Other words that share a character with 客观.

WordPinyinMeaning
客户 (客戶)kè hùclient; customer
游客 (遊客)yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player
博客bó kè(loanword) a blog; a blogger
顾客 (顧客)gù kècustomer; client; measure word: 位 (wèi)
乘客chéng kèpassenger
观点 (觀點)guān diǎnpoint of view; viewpoint
观众 (觀眾)guān zhòngspectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc)
观察 (觀察)guān cháto observe; to watch; to survey

See also: Japanese symbol for “objective”.

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.