Chinese symbol for “principled”

原则性

yuán zé xìng

Traditional: 原則性

principled

The closest CC-CEDICT match for principled is 原则性 (yuán zé xìng), defined as: principled.

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Characters and stroke order

原 yuán

source, origin, beginning

radical 27 ⼚ · 10 strokes

则 zé

rule, law, regulation; grades

radical 18 ⼑ · 6 strokes

性 xìng

sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

則 zé

Related words

Other words that share a character with 原则性.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
原因	yuán yīn	cause; origin
原来 (原來)	yuán lái	original; former; originally; formerly; at first
原则 (原則)	yuán zé	principle; doctrine
原本	yuán běn	originally; the original; original copy; original version
原始	yuán shǐ	first; original
原理	yuán lǐ	principle; theory
规则 (規則)	guī zé	rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed
否则 (否則)	fǒu zé	otherwise; if not; or (else)
女性	nǚ xìng	woman; the female sex

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.