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Chinese symbol for “passivity”

消极性
xiāo jí xìng
Traditional: 消極性
passive; passivity; negative; negativity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for passivity is 消极性 (xiāo jí xìng), defined as: passive; passivity; negative; negativity.

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

消 xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
极 jí
extreme, top; final, furthest, utmost; pole
radical 75 ⽊ · 7 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 消极性.

WordPinyinMeaning
消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
消费者 (消費者)xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
消灭 (消滅)xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate
积极 (積極)jī jíactive; energetic
极端 (極端)jí duānextreme
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “passivity”.

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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