Chinese symbol for “circles”
坛
tán
Traditional: 壇
altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world
The closest CC-CEDICT match for circles is 坛 (tán), defined as: altar; platform; rostrum; (bound form) (sporting, literary etc) circles; world.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “circles”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 论坛 (論壇) | lùn tán | forum (for discussion) |
| 政坛 (政壇) | zhèng tán | political circles |
| 文坛 (文壇) | wén tán | literary circles |
| 祭坛 (祭壇) | jì tán | altar |
| 花坛 (花壇) | huā tán | decorative mass planting of flowers and shrubs, often bounded by a low masonry border, and often part of a streetscape |
| 足坛 (足壇) | zú tán | soccer circles; soccer world |
See also: Japanese symbol for “circles”.
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.