Chinese symbol for “reverent”
虔敬
qián jìng
reverent
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reverent is 虔敬 (qián jìng), defined as: reverent.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “reverent”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 虔敬.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 虔诚 (虔誠) | qián chéng | pious; devout |
| 虔信 | qián xìn | piety; devotion (to a religion) |
| 一秉虔诚 (一秉虔誠) | yī bǐng qián chéng | earnestly and sincerely (idiom); devoutly |
| 敬虔 | jìng qián | devout |
| 虔信主义 (虔信主義) | qián xìn zhǔ yì | fideism; fundamentalism |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reverent”.
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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