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Chinese symbol for “unflinching”

坚定不移
jiān dìng bù yí
Traditional: 堅定不移
unswerving; unflinching

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unflinching is 坚定不移 (jiān dìng bù yí), defined as: unswerving; unflinching.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

坚 jiān
hard, strong; firm, resolute
radical 32 ⼟ · 7 strokes
定 dìng
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
移 yí
to shift, to move about, to drift
radical 115 ⽲ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “unflinching”

WordPinyinMeaning
正色zhèng sèstern; grim
始终不渝 (始終不渝)shǐ zhōng bù yúunswerving; unflinching

Related words

Other words that share a character with 坚定不移.

WordPinyinMeaning
坚持 (堅持)jiān chíto persevere with; to persist in
坚决 (堅決)jiān juéfirm; resolute; determined
坚强 (堅強)jiān qiángstaunch; strong
坚定 (堅定)jiān dìngfirm; steady
坚守 (堅守)jiān shǒuto hold fast to; to stick to
坚信 (堅信)jiān xìnto believe firmly; without any doubt
决定 (決定)jué dìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mind; decision (个 (gè),项 (xiàng))
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
不是bù shìno; is not
移民yí mínto immigrate; to migrate

See also: Japanese symbol for “unflinching”.

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.