Chinese symbol for “sustainable”
永续
yǒng xù
Traditional: 永續
sustainable; perpetual
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sustainable is 永续 (yǒng xù), defined as: sustainable; perpetual.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sustainable”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 永续.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 永远 (永遠) | yǒng yuǎn | forever; eternal |
| 永久 | yǒng jiǔ | everlasting; perpetual |
| 永恒 (永恆) | yǒng héng | eternal; everlasting |
| 永不 | yǒng bù | never; will never |
| 永生 | yǒng shēng | to live forever; eternal life |
| 永久性 | yǒng jiǔ xìng | permanent |
| 继续 (繼續) | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 持续 (持續) | chí xù | to continue; to last; to persist |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sustainable”.
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.