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Chinese symbol for “persistently”

一味
yī wèi
persistently; stubbornly; blindly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for persistently is 一味 (yī wèi), defined as: persistently; stubbornly; blindly.

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

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
味 wèi
taste; smell, odor; delicacy
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “persistently”

WordPinyinMeaning
苦苦kǔ kǔstrenuously; persistently
一个劲 (一個勁)yī gè jìncontinuously; persistently

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一味.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
意味着 (意味著)yì wèi zheto signify; to mean
味道wèi daoflavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...)

See also: Japanese symbol for “persistently”.

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.