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Chinese symbol for “votive”

还愿
huán yuàn
Traditional: 還願
to redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfill a promise; votive

The closest CC-CEDICT match for votive is 还愿 (huán yuàn), defined as: to redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfill a promise; votive.

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

还 huán
also, besides; still, yet; to return
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes
愿 yuàn
desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing
radical 61 ⼼ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 还愿.

WordPinyinMeaning
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
还是 (還是)hái shistill (as before); had better
还好 (還好)hái hǎonot bad; pretty good; fortunately; luckily
还给 (還給)huán gěito return sth to sb
还原 (還原)huán yuánto restore to the original state; to reconstruct (an event)
归还 (歸還)guī huánto return sth; to revert
愿意 (願意)yuàn yìto wish; to want
愿望 (願望)yuàn wàngdesire; wish

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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