Chinese symbol for “testament”
遗嘱
yí zhǔ
Traditional: 遺囑
testament; will
The closest CC-CEDICT match for testament is 遗嘱 (yí zhǔ), defined as: testament; will.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “testament”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 遗嘱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遗憾 (遺憾) | yí hàn | regret; to regret |
| 遗址 (遺址) | yí zhǐ | ruins; historic relics |
| 遗产 (遺產) | yí chǎn | heritage; legacy |
| 遗传 (遺傳) | yí chuán | heredity; to inherit (a trait) |
| 遗体 (遺體) | yí tǐ | remains (of a dead person) |
| 遗忘 (遺忘) | yí wàng | to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore |
| 嘱咐 (囑咐) | zhǔ fu | to urge; to exhort |
| 叮嘱 (叮囑) | dīng zhǔ | to warn repeatedly; to urge |
See also: Japanese symbol for “testament”.
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.