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Chinese symbol for “certificate”

证
zhèng
Traditional: 證
certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for certificate is 证 (zhèng), defined as: certificate; proof; to prove; to demonstrate; to confirm; variant of 症 (zhèng).

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

证 zhèng
to prove, to verify; certificate, proof
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “certificate”

WordPinyinMeaning
证件 (證件)zhèng jiàncertificate; papers; credentials; document; ID
证明书 (證明書)zhèng míng shūcertificate
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
证券 (證券)zhèng quànnegotiable security (financial); certificate
状 (狀)zhuàng(bound form) form; appearance; shape; (bound form) state; condition

Related words

Other words that share a character with 证.

WordPinyinMeaning
证明 (證明)zhèng míngproof; certificate
保证 (保證)bǎo zhèngguarantee; to guarantee
证据 (證據)zhèng jùevidence; proof
证券 (證券)zhèng quànnegotiable security (financial); certificate
证实 (證實)zhèng shíto confirm (sth to be true); to verify
认证 (認證)rèn zhèngto authenticate; to approve

See also: Japanese symbol for “certificate”.

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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