Chinese symbol for “revere”
敬畏
jìng wèi
to revere
The closest CC-CEDICT match for revere is 敬畏 (jìng wèi), defined as: to revere.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “revere”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尊崇 | zūn chóng | to revere; to admire |
| 崇敬 | chóng jìng | to revere; to venerate |
| 敬仰 | jìng yǎng | to revere; highly esteemed |
| 瞻仰 | zhān yǎng | to revere; to admire |
| 尊敬 | zūn jìng | to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 敬畏.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尊敬 | zūn jìng | to respect; to revere; to esteem; honorable; distinguished (used on formal occasions before a term of address) |
| 致敬 | zhì jìng | to salute; to pay one's respects to |
| 敬意 | jìng yì | respect; esteem; high regard |
| 敬重 | jìng zhòng | to respect deeply; to revere |
| 敬业 (敬業) | jìng yè | dedicated to one's work |
| 畏惧 (畏懼) | wèi jù | to fear; to dread |
| 不畏 | bù wèi | unafraid; to defy |
| 畏缩 (畏縮) | wèi suō | to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil |
See also: Japanese symbol for “revere”.
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.