Chinese symbol for “wits”
悟性
wù xìng
perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension
The closest CC-CEDICT match for wits is 悟性 (wù xìng), defined as: perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 悟性.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 觉悟 (覺悟) | jué wù | to come to understand; to realize |
| 领悟 (領悟) | lǐng wù | to understand; to comprehend |
| 感悟 | gǎn wù | to come to realize; to appreciate (feelings) |
| 醒悟 | xǐng wù | to come to oneself; to come to realize |
| 恍然大悟 | huǎng rán dà wù | (idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light |
| 顿悟 (頓悟) | dùn wù | a flash of realization; the truth in a flash |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex; a male |
See also: Japanese symbol for “wits”.
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.