Chinese symbol for “confess”
坦承
tǎn chéng
to confess; to admit; to come clean; calmly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for confess is 坦承 (tǎn chéng), defined as: to confess; to admit; to come clean; calmly.
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
Other Chinese words for “confess”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 招供 | zhāo gòng | to confess |
| 供认 (供認) | gòng rèn | to confess; confession |
| 告解 | gào jiě | (Catholicism) to confess; confession |
| 招认 (招認) | zhāo rèn | to confess |
| 供 | gòng | to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坦承.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坦克 | tǎn kè | (loanword) tank (military vehicle); (derog.) (slang) overweight woman |
| 坦诚 (坦誠) | tǎn chéng | candid; frank |
| 坦白 | tǎn bái | honest; forthcoming |
| 平坦 | píng tǎn | level; even |
| 坦言 | tǎn yán | to say candidly; to acknowledge frankly |
| 坦率 | tǎn shuài | frank; candid; straightforward |
| 承认 (承認) | chéng rèn | to admit; to concede |
| 承诺 (承諾) | chéng nuò | to promise; to undertake to do something |
See also: Japanese symbol for “confess”.
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.