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Chinese symbol for “willingness”

情愿
qíng yuàn
Traditional: 情願
willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for willingness is 情愿 (qíng yuàn), defined as: willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y).

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

情 qíng
emotion, feeling, sentiment
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 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 情愿.

WordPinyinMeaning
情况 (情況)qíng kuàngcircumstances; state of affairs; situation; 种 (zhǒng)
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
情绪 (情緒)qíng xùmood; state of mind
爱情 (愛情)ài qíngromance; love (romantic); measure word: 份 (fèn)
感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
热情 (熱情)rè qíngcordial; enthusiastic
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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