Chinese symbol for “willful”
任性
rèn xìng
willful; headstrong; unruly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for willful is 任性 (rèn xìng), defined as: willful; headstrong; unruly.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “willful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 执拗 (執拗) | zhí niù | stubborn; willful; pigheaded; Taiwan pr. [zhi2ao4] |
| 一意孤行 | yī yì gū xíng | obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful |
| 愎 | bì | perverse; obstinate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 任性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 任务 (任務) | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng) |
| 责任 (責任) | zé rèn | responsibility; duty; liability |
| 主任 | zhǔ rèn | director; head |
| 担任 (擔任) | dān rèn | to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of |
| 信任 | xìn rèn | to trust; to have confidence in |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
See also: Japanese symbol for “willful”.
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.