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Chinese symbol for “practicable”

行得通
xíng de tōng
practicable; realizable; will work

The closest CC-CEDICT match for practicable is 行得通 (xíng de tōng), defined as: practicable; realizable; will work.

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

行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
得 de
to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
radical 60 ⼻ · 11 strokes
通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 行得通.

WordPinyinMeaning
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
行为 (行為)xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
银行 (銀行)yín hángbank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
觉得 (覺得)jué deto think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
获得 (獲得)huò déto obtain; to receive; to get
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)

See also: Japanese symbol for “practicable”.

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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