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Chinese symbol for “vital”

至关重要
zhì guān zhòng yào
Traditional: 至關重要
extremely important; vital; crucial; essential

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vital is 至关重要 (zhì guān zhòng yào), defined as: extremely important; vital; crucial; essential.

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

至 zhì
reach, arrive; very, extremely
radical 133 ⾄ · 6 strokes
关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
重 zhòng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes
要 yào
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
radical 146 ⾑ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “vital”

WordPinyinMeaning
紧要 (緊要)jǐn yàocritical; crucial
有活力yǒu huó lìenergetic; vital

Related words

Other words that share a character with 至关重要.

WordPinyinMeaning
甚至shèn zhìeven; so much so that
至少zhì shǎoat least; (to say the) least
至今zhì jīnso far; to this day
至于 (至於)zhì yúas for; as to
截至jié zhìup to (a time); by (a time)
日至rì zhìsolstice; the winter solstice 冬至 and summer solstice 夏至
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining to; concerning
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
需要xū yàoto need; to want; to demand; to require; needs

See also: Japanese symbol for “vital”.

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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