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Chinese symbol for “wholeheartedly”

一心
yī xīn
wholeheartedly; heart and soul

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wholeheartedly is 一心 (yī xīn), defined as: wholeheartedly; heart and soul.

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

一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “wholeheartedly”

WordPinyinMeaning
全身心quán shēn xīnwholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul
竭诚 (竭誠)jié chéngwholeheartedly
全心全意quán xīn quán yì(idiom) heart and soul; wholeheartedly
全情quán qíngwholeheartedly
掬诚 (掬誠)jū chéngwholeheartedly; sincerely

Related words

Other words that share a character with 一心.

WordPinyinMeaning
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一样 (一樣)yī yàngsame; like
一定yī dìngsurely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
一直yī zhístraight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried

See also: Japanese symbol for “wholeheartedly”.

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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