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Chinese symbol for “rousing”

令人振奋
lìng rén zhèn fèn
Traditional: 令人振奮
inspiring; exciting; rousing

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rousing is 令人振奋 (lìng rén zhèn fèn), defined as: inspiring; exciting; rousing.

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

令 lìng
command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
振 zhèn
to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes
奋 fèn
to strive, to exert effort; to arouse
radical 37 ⼤ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 令人振奋.

WordPinyinMeaning
命令mìng lìngorder; command
令人lìng rénto cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc)
下令xià lìngto give an order; to issue an order
法令fǎ lìngdecree; ordinance
司令sī lìngcommanding officer
指令zhǐ lìngto order; to command; an order; a command; an instruction
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
振兴 (振興)zhèn xīngto revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
兴奋 (興奮)xīng fènexcited; excitement

See also: Japanese symbol for “rousing”.

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.