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Chinese symbol for “strenuous”

费劲
fèi jìn
Traditional: 費勁
to require effort; strenuous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for strenuous is 费劲 (fèi jìn), defined as: to require effort; strenuous.

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

费 fèi
expenses, fees; to cost, to spend; wasteful
radical 154 ⾙ · 9 strokes
劲 jìn
strong, tough, unyielding; power, energy
radical 19 ⼒ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “strenuous”

WordPinyinMeaning
吃力chī lìto entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task
浩繁hào fánvast; voluminous

Related words

Other words that share a character with 费劲.

WordPinyinMeaning
免费 (免費)miǎn fèifree (of charge)
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
费用 (費用)fèi yòngcost; expenditure
收费 (收費)shōu fèito charge a fee
消费者 (消費者)xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
浪费 (浪費)làng fèito waste; to squander
强劲 (強勁)qiáng jìngstrong; powerful
使劲 (使勁)shǐ jìnto exert all one's strength

See also: Japanese symbol for “strenuous”.

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.