Chinese symbol for “succinct”
精粹
jīng cuì
succinct; pure and concise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for succinct is 精粹 (jīng cuì), defined as: succinct; pure and concise.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “succinct”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简洁 (簡潔) | jiǎn jié | concise; succinct |
| 精炼 (精煉) | jīng liàn | to refine (a substance); to purify |
| 简练 (簡練) | jiǎn liàn | terse; succinct |
| 简明扼要 (簡明扼要) | jiǎn míng è yào | brief and to the point (idiom); succinct |
| 要言不烦 (要言不煩) | yào yán bù fán | to explain in simple terms; succinct |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 精粹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精神 | jīng shén | spirit; mind |
| 精彩 | jīng cǎi | wonderful; marvelous |
| 精力 | jīng lì | energy (physical or mental) |
| 精确 (精確) | jīng què | accurate; precise |
| 精英 | jīng yīng | cream; elite |
| 纯粹 (純粹) | chún cuì | pure; unadulterated |
| 民粹主义 (民粹主義) | mín cuì zhǔ yì | populism |
| 国粹 (國粹) | guó cuì | national essence; quintessence of national culture |
See also: Japanese symbol for “succinct”.
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.