Chinese symbol for “tolerant”
宽厚
kuān hòu
Traditional: 寬厚
tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tolerant is 宽厚 (kuān hòu), defined as: tolerant; generous; magnanimous; thick and broad (build); thick and deep (voice).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “tolerant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宽容 (寬容) | kuān róng | lenient; tolerant |
| 假借 | jiǎ jiè | to make use of; to use sth as pretext |
| 仁厚 | rén hòu | kindhearted; tolerant |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 宽厚.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宽容 (寬容) | kuān róng | lenient; tolerant |
| 宽松 (寬鬆) | kuān sōng | spacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable |
| 放宽 (放寬) | fàng kuān | to relax (a rule); to ease (restrictions) |
| 宽度 (寬度) | kuān dù | width |
| 宽恕 (寬恕) | kuān shù | to forgive; forgiveness |
| 拓宽 (拓寬) | tuò kuān | to broaden |
| 浓厚 (濃厚) | nóng hòu | dense; thick (fog, clouds etc) |
| 深厚 | shēn hòu | deep; profound |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tolerant”.
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.