Chinese symbol for “understated”
内敛
nèi liǎn
Traditional: 內斂
introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for understated is 内敛 (nèi liǎn), defined as: introverted; reserved; (artistic style) understated.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 内敛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内容 (內容) | nèi róng | content; substance; details; 项 (xiàng) |
| 国内 (國內) | guó nèi | domestic; internal (to a country) |
| 内部 (內部) | nèi bù | interior; inside (part, section) |
| 境内 (境內) | jìng nèi | within the borders; internal (to a country, province, city etc) |
| 内地 (內地) | nèi dì | inland; interior |
| 内阁 (內閣) | nèi gé | (government) cabinet |
| 收敛 (收斂) | shōu liǎn | to dwindle; to vanish; to make vanish; to exercise restraint; to curb (one's mirth, arrogance etc) |
| 敛财 (斂財) | liǎn cái | to accumulate wealth; to rake in money |
See also: Japanese symbol for “understated”.
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.