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Chinese symbol for “celebrated”

著名
zhù míng
famous; noted; well-known; celebrated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for celebrated is 著名 (zhù míng), defined as: famous; noted; well-known; celebrated.

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

著 zhù
to show, to prove, to make known
radical 140 ⾋ · 13 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “celebrated”

WordPinyinMeaning
显赫 (顯赫)xiǎn hèillustrious; celebrated
腕级 (腕級)wàn jícelebrated; famous
鼎鼎大名dǐng dǐng dà míngfamous; celebrated

Related words

Other words that share a character with 著名.

WordPinyinMeaning
著作zhù zuòto write; literary work
显著 (顯著)xiǎn zhùoutstanding; notable
著作权 (著作權)zhù zuò quáncopyright
著称 (著稱)zhù chēngto be widely known as
土著tǔ zhùaboriginal
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
名称 (名稱)míng chēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)
名单 (名單)míng dānlist of names

See also: Japanese symbol for “celebrated”.

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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