Chinese symbol for “persevere”
有恒
yǒu héng
Traditional: 有恆
to persevere; perseverance
The closest CC-CEDICT match for persevere is 有恒 (yǒu héng), defined as: to persevere; perseverance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “persevere”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 持 | chí | to hold; to grasp |
| 持之以恒 (持之以恆) | chí zhī yǐ héng | to pursue unremittingly (idiom); to persevere |
| 锲而不舍 (鍥而不捨) | qiè ér bù shě | to chip away at a task and not abandon it (idiom); to chisel away at sth; to persevere |
| 坚持不渝 (堅持不渝) | jiān chí bù yú | to stick to sth without change (idiom); to persevere |
| 坚执 (堅執) | jiān zhí | to persist; to continue upholding |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 有恒.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 没有 (沒有) | méi yǒu | haven't; hasn't |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all; to have; to possess; to own |
| 还有 (還有) | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only 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 rén | someone; people |
| 有关 (有關) | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with; to relate to |
| 永恒 (永恆) | yǒng héng | eternal; everlasting |
| 恒星 (恆星) | héng xīng | (fixed) star |
See also: Japanese symbol for “persevere”.
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.