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Chinese symbol for “satisfying”

令人满意
lìng rén mǎn yì
Traditional: 令人滿意
satisfying; satisfactory

The closest CC-CEDICT match for satisfying is 令人满意 (lìng rén mǎn yì), defined as: satisfying; satisfactory.

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
满 mǎn
to fill; full, packed; satisfied
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “satisfying”

WordPinyinMeaning
过瘾 (過癮)guò yǐnto satisfy a craving; to get a kick out of sth
可心kě xīnsatisfying; to one's liking

Related words

Other words that share a character with 令人满意.

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
满足 (滿足)mǎn zúto satisfy; to meet (the needs of)
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to

See also: Japanese symbol for “satisfying”.

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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