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In Chinese, 貞節 would be defined as “The state of being sexually pure” or “chaste.”
Culturally, this especially applies to young women. 貞節 is not actually far off from our western view on this subject. In Japanese and Korean, this could also be used to express virtue, faithfulness, and fidelity.
See Also: Modesty
操守 is the Chinese and Japanese Kanji for personal integrity, constancy, fidelity, and honor/honour.
The original meaning of the first character is chastity, fidelity, honor, and/or faith.
The second character means to defend, guard, keep watch, and be observant.
So, this is about being observant of and guarding your integrity and honor.
節操 means honorable, integrity of principle, constancy, honor, and in a certain context, chastity.
Please note that there are a few ways to relay the idea of integrity in Asian languages and more than one way to define honor in English. 節操 is far from the only way to express “honor and integrity.”
志操 is personal integrity - basically, holding yourself to a higher standard of honesty and reliability. These two characters also contain the ideas of constancy, principles, and faithfulness.
Note: In Japanese, this just means “principle.”
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your constancy search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
忍 see styles |
rěn ren3 jen nin にん |
More info & calligraphy: Patience / Perseverance(archaism) endurance; forbearance; patience; self-restraint; (given name) Nin kṣānti, 羼提 (or 羼底); patience, endurance, (a) in adverse circumstances, (b) in the religious state. There are groups of two, three, four, five, six, ten, and fourteen, indicating various forms of patience, equanimity, repression, forbearance, endurance, constancy, or "perseverance of the saints," both in mundane and spiritual things. |
操守 see styles |
cāo shǒu cao1 shou3 ts`ao shou tsao shou soushu / soshu そうしゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Fidelity / Personal Integrity / Honorconstancy; fidelity |
節操 节操 see styles |
jié cāo jie2 cao1 chieh ts`ao chieh tsao sessou / sesso せっそう |
More info & calligraphy: Honor and Integrityintegrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor; honour |
貞節 贞节 see styles |
zhēn jié zhen1 jie2 chen chieh teisetsu / tesetsu ていせつ |
More info & calligraphy: Chastity(noun or adjectival noun) chastity; fidelity; faithfulness; virtue |
操 see styles |
cào cao4 ts`ao tsao misao(p); sou / misao(p); so みさお(P); そう |
variant of 肏[cao4] (1) fidelity; honour; honor; constancy; (2) chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband); (female given name) Misao; Misawo to take |
不易 see styles |
bù yì bu4 yi4 pu i fueki ふえき |
not easy to do something; difficult; unchanging (noun or adjectival noun) constancy; immutable; (given name) Fueki not easy; not simple |
常住 see styles |
cháng zhù chang2 zhu4 ch`ang chu chang chu joujuu / joju じょうじゅう |
long-term resident; permanent residence; eternalism (permanence of soul, Sanskrit Sassatavada) (adverb) (1) always; constantly; eternally; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Buddh} (orig. meaning) (ant: 無常) constancy; eternity; (n,vs,vi) (3) permanent residence; (surname) Tokosumi Permanent, always abiding, eternal. |
常力 see styles |
cháng lì chang2 li4 ch`ang li chang li jōriki |
Unfailing powers. |
恒常 see styles |
héng cháng heng2 chang2 heng ch`ang heng chang koujou / kojo こうじょう |
constancy; permanence Constant, regular. |
恒心 see styles |
koushin / koshin こうしん |
steadiness; constancy; (personal name) Hisami |
恒性 see styles |
kousei / kose こうせい |
constancy |
松柏 see styles |
sōng bǎi song1 bai3 sung pai shouhaku; matsukae / shohaku; matsukae しょうはく; まつかえ |
pine and cypress; fig. chaste and undefiled; fig. tomb (1) evergreen tree; conifer; coniferous tree; (2) pine and cypress; (3) duty; constancy; faithfulness; (place-name) Matsukaya |
三種常 三种常 see styles |
sān zhǒng cháng san1 zhong3 chang2 san chung ch`ang san chung chang sanshu jō |
A Buddha in his three eternal qualities: (a) 本性常 in his nature or dharmakāya; (b) 不斷常 in his unbroken eternity, saṃbhogakāya; (c) 相續常 in his continuous and eternally varied forms, nirmāṇakāya. |
常住相 see styles |
cháng zhù xiàng chang2 zhu4 xiang4 ch`ang chu hsiang chang chu hsiang jōjū sō |
characteristic of constancy |
恒常性 see styles |
koujousei / kojose こうじょうせい |
(1) homeostasis; homoeostasis; (2) constancy |
十年一日 see styles |
juunenichijitsu; juunenichinichi / junenichijitsu; junenichinichi じゅうねんいちじつ; じゅうねんいちにち |
(yoji) without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end |
千年一日 see styles |
sennenichijitsu せんねんいちじつ |
without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end |
常波羅蜜 常波罗蜜 see styles |
cháng bō luó mì chang2 bo1 luo2 mi4 ch`ang po lo mi chang po lo mi jō haramitsu |
The first of the four pāramitās, eternity. |
志操堅固 see styles |
shisoukengo / shisokengo しそうけんご |
(noun or adjectival noun) (yoji) being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Chastity | 貞節 贞节 | teisetsu | zhēn jié / zhen1 jie2 / zhen jie / zhenjie | chen chieh / chenchieh |
Fidelity Personal Integrity Honor | 操守 | soushu / soshu | cāo shǒu / cao1 shou3 / cao shou / caoshou | ts`ao shou / tsaoshou / tsao shou |
Honor and Integrity | 節操 节操 | sessou / seso | jié cāo / jie2 cao1 / jie cao / jiecao | chieh ts`ao / chiehtsao / chieh tsao |
Personal Integrity | 志操 / 誌操 志操 | shi sou / shisou / shi so | zhì cāo / zhi4 cao1 / zhi cao / zhicao | chih ts`ao / chihtsao / chih tsao |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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