Chinese symbol for “permanent”
恒
héng
Traditional: 恆
permanent; constant; fixed; usual
The closest CC-CEDICT match for permanent is 恒 (héng), defined as: permanent; constant; fixed; usual; ordinary; rule (old).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “permanent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永久性 | yǒng jiǔ xìng | permanent |
| 常任 | cháng rèn | permanent |
| 永久 | yǒng jiǔ | everlasting; perpetual |
| 持久 | chí jiǔ | lasting; enduring |
| 常驻 (常駐) | cháng zhù | resident; permanent (representative) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 恒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永恒 (永恆) | yǒng héng | eternal; everlasting |
| 恒星 (恆星) | héng xīng | (fixed) star |
| 恒定 (恆定) | héng dìng | constant |
| 守恒 (守恆) | shǒu héng | conservation (e.g. of energy, momentum or heat in physics); to remain constant (of a number) |
| 持之以恒 (持之以恆) | chí zhī yǐ héng | to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere |
| 恒久 (恆久) | héng jiǔ | constant; persistent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “permanent”.
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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