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Chinese symbol for “vehement”

慷慨
kāng kǎi
vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vehement is 慷慨 (kāng kǎi), defined as: vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous.

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

慷 kāng
ardent, fervent; generous, magnanimous
radical 61 ⼼ · 14 strokes
慨 kǎi
sigh, regret, lament; generosity
radical 61 ⼼ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “vehement”

WordPinyinMeaning
激烈jī liè(of competition or fighting) intense; fierce
慷慨激昂kāng kǎi jī ángimpassioned; vehement

Related words

Other words that share a character with 慷慨.

WordPinyinMeaning
慷慨激昂kāng kǎi jī ángimpassioned; vehement
慷慨解囊kāng kǎi jiě nángto contribute generously (idiom); help sb generously with money; to give generously to charity
慷慨赴义 (慷慨赴義)kāng kǎi fù yìheroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
慷慨捐生kāng kǎi juān shēngsacrificing one's life generously (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
慷慨输将 (慷慨輸將)kāng kǎi shū jiāngto donate generously (idiom)
愤慨 (憤慨)fèn kǎito resent; resentment
感慨gǎn kǎito sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful
慨叹 (慨嘆)kǎi tànto sigh with regret; lament

See also: Japanese symbol for “vehement”.

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.

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