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Chinese symbol for “autograph”

题名
tí míng
Traditional: 題名
autograph; to sign one's name

The closest CC-CEDICT match for autograph is 题名 (tí míng), defined as: autograph; to sign one's name.

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

题 tí
forehead; headline, title; theme
radical 181 ⾴ · 15 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “autograph”

WordPinyinMeaning
签名 (簽名)qiān míngto sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph

Related words

Other words that share a character with 题名.

WordPinyinMeaning
问题 (問題)wèn tíquestion; problem
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
话题 (話題)huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic
专题 (專題)zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic
标题 (標題)biāo títitle; heading
题材 (題材)tí cáisubject matter
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted

See also: Japanese symbol for “autograph”.

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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