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Chinese symbol for “sense”

意义
yì yì
Traditional: 意義
sense; meaning; significance; importance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sense is 意义 (yì yì), defined as: sense; meaning; significance; importance; 个 (gè).

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

意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sense”

WordPinyinMeaning
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
察觉 (察覺)chá juéto sense; to perceive
感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
感官gǎn guānsense; sense organ
意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind

Related words

Other words that share a character with 意义.

WordPinyinMeaning
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
意思yì siidea; opinion
愿意 (願意)yuàn yìto wish; to want
同意tóng yìto agree; to consent
主义 (主義)zhǔ yì-ism; ideology
社会主义 (社會主義)shè huì zhǔ yìsocialism
正义 (正義)zhèng yìjustice; righteousness; just; righteous

See also: Japanese symbol for “sense”.

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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