stability

穩

ㄨㄣˇ wěn

Two versions of the same picture, and both are free with no account and no watermark. The first has no background at all, which is the one to send your artist — but a phone or computer photo viewer set to dark will show black strokes on dark grey and it can look like nothing downloaded. If that happens, use the second one: identical characters on a plain white background. Either way you get the characters on their own — the square and the faint guide lines you see above are not in the file. Each character is 1000px, so a two-character download is 2000×1000, and the script and layout are the ones you picked.

Script

Characters

Layout

Not wobbling. Chinese uses one character for steady and sure-footed, and another for fixed in place.

Before you commit

Choose with care穩 describes people as much as things. 穩重 means dependable and unflappable, which is high praise - but 穩 alone can also suggest playing it safe.

JapaneseJapanese uses the simplified 穏 and reads it odayaka, mild or calm. The traditional 穩 reads as Chinese and looks noticeably denser.

At small sizesNineteen strokes with the grain radical on the left and a crowded right side. This one genuinely needs size; it turns to a smudge small.

Meaning

Steady, stable, sure; also dependable in a person.

Said of a hand that does not shake and of a person who does not panic.

Other characters for “stability”

What to do next

Pick the script and layout you want above, download the PNG, and send that file to your artist. Ask them to work from the file rather than redrawing the character freehand — that is where strokes go missing.

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