Chinese symbol for “claim”
声称
shēng chēng
Traditional: 聲稱
to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert
The closest CC-CEDICT match for claim is 声称 (shēng chēng), defined as: to claim; to state; to proclaim; to assert.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “claim”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谎称 (謊稱) | huǎng chēng | to claim; to pretend |
| 坚称 (堅稱) | jiān chēng | to claim; to insist |
| 认领 (認領) | rèn lǐng | to claim (as one's property); to adopt (a child) |
| 宣称 (宣稱) | xuān chēng | to assert; to claim |
| 号称 (號稱) | hào chēng | to be known as; to be nicknamed; to be purportedly |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 声称.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 声音 (聲音) | shēng yīn | sound; voice |
| 声明 (聲明) | shēng míng | to state; to declare |
| 大声 (大聲) | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 一声 (一聲) | yī shēng | first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) |
| 声援 (聲援) | shēng yuán | to support (a cause) |
| 称为 (稱為) | chēng wéi | to be called; to be known as; to call it "..." |
| 名称 (名稱) | míng chēng | name (of a thing); name (of an organization) |
| 简称 (簡稱) | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form |
See also: Japanese symbol for “claim”.
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.