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Chinese symbol for “unwavering”

死死
sǐ sǐ
rigid; unwavering; unbendable; firm (hold on sth)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unwavering is 死死 (sǐ sǐ), defined as: rigid; unwavering; unbendable; firm (hold on sth); tenacious.

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

死 sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
radical 78 ⽍ · 6 strokes
死
死 sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
radical 78 ⽍ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unwavering”

WordPinyinMeaning
坚贞不渝 (堅貞不渝)jiān zhēn bù yúunyielding integrity (idiom); unwavering
果决 (果決)guǒ juéfirm; unwavering
有毅力yǒu yì lìpersevering; unwavering

Related words

Other words that share a character with 死死.

WordPinyinMeaning
死亡sǐ wángto die; death
杀死 (殺死)shā sǐto kill
死刑sǐ xíngdeath penalty; capital punishment
死者sǐ zhěthe dead; the deceased
死去sǐ qùto die
打死dǎ sǐto kill; to beat to death

See also: Japanese symbol for “unwavering”.

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.