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Chinese symbol for “righteous”

正义
zhèng yì
Traditional: 正義
justice; righteousness; just; righteous; (in the titles of traditional commentaries) correct interpretation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for righteous is 正义 (zhèng yì), defined as: justice; righteousness; just; righteous; (in the titles of traditional commentaries) correct interpretation.

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

正 zhèng
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
radical 77 ⽌ · 5 strokes
义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “righteous”

WordPinyinMeaning
酷毙 (酷斃)kù bì(slang) awesome; cool

Related words

Other words that share a character with 正义.

WordPinyinMeaning
正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
真正zhēn zhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeed
正式zhèng shìformal; official
正常zhèng chángnormal; regular
正确 (正確)zhèng quècorrect; sound; right; proper
正是zhèng shìis precisely
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning
主义 (主義)zhǔ yì-ism; ideology

See also: Japanese symbol for “righteous”.

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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