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).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sense”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 察觉 (察覺) | chá jué | to sense; to perceive |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 感官 | gǎn guān | sense; 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.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
| 意思 | yì si | idea; opinion |
| 愿意 (願意) | yuàn yì | to wish; to want |
| 同意 | tóng yì | to agree; to consent |
| 主义 (主義) | zhǔ yì | -ism; ideology |
| 社会主义 (社會主義) | shè huì zhǔ yì | socialism |
| 正义 (正義) | zhèng yì | justice; 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.