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Chinese symbol for “wish”

愿意
yuàn yì
Traditional: 願意
to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wish is 愿意 (yuàn yì), defined as: to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth).

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

愿 yuàn
desire, wish; honest, virtuous; ready, willing
radical 61 ⼼ · 14 strokes
意 yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wish”

WordPinyinMeaning
愿 (願)yuàn(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing
祝愿 (祝願)zhù yuànto wish
意思yì siidea; opinion
愿心 (願心)yuàn xīna wish; a request (to a deity)
希望xī wàngto hope; a hope; a wish

Related words

Other words that share a character with 愿意.

WordPinyinMeaning
愿望 (願望)yuàn wàngdesire; wish
自愿 (自願)zì yuànvoluntary
不愿 (不願)bù yuànunwilling
请愿 (請願)qǐng yuànto petition
志愿 (志願)zhì yuànaspiration; ambition
注意zhù yìto take note of; to pay attention to
意见 (意見)yì jiànidea; opinion
意思yì siidea; opinion

See also: Japanese symbol for “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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