Chinese symbol for “stalwart”
劲
jìng
Traditional: 勁
stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stalwart is 劲 (jìng), defined as: stalwart; sturdy; strong; powerful.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stalwart”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 魁 | kuí | chief; head |
| 刚毅 (剛毅) | gāng yì | resolute; steadfast |
| 魁伟 (魁偉) | kuí wěi | tall and big; stalwart |
| 彪 | biāo | (literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart; (old) classifier for troops |
| 昂藏 | áng cáng | tall and strongly built; stalwart |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 劲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强劲 (強勁) | qiáng jìng | strong; powerful |
| 使劲 (使勁) | shǐ jìn | to exert all one's strength |
| 差劲 (差勁) | chà jìn | bad; no good |
| 后劲 (後勁) | hòu jìn | energy to continue after the initial phase of an activity; delayed effect |
| 劲儿 (勁兒) | jìn r | erhua variant of 劲 (jìn) |
| 费劲 (費勁) | fèi jìn | to require effort; strenuous |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stalwart”.
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.