Chinese symbol for “willfully”
纵意
zòng yì
Traditional: 縱意
willfully; wantonly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for willfully is 纵意 (zòng yì), defined as: willfully; wantonly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “willfully”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纵意.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 操纵 (操縱) | cāo zòng | to operate; to control |
| 纵然 (縱然) | zòng rán | even if; even though |
| 纵横 (縱橫) | zòng héng | lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth |
| 纵火 (縱火) | zòng huǒ | to set on fire; to commit arson |
| 放纵 (放縱) | fàng zòng | to indulge; to pamper |
| 纵容 (縱容) | zòng róng | to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 意见 (意見) | yì jiàn | idea; opinion |
See also: Japanese symbol for “willfully”.
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.