Chinese symbol for “confession”
自白
zì bái
confession; to make clear one's position or intentions; to brag
The closest CC-CEDICT match for confession is 自白 (zì bái), defined as: confession; to make clear one's position or intentions; to brag.
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 “confession”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 供述 | gòng shù | confession |
| 供词 (供詞) | gòng cí | confession; statement; Taiwan pr. [gong1ci2] |
| 供 | gòng | to lay (sacrificial offerings); (bound form) offerings |
| 自白书 (自白書) | zì bái shū | confession |
| 告解 | gào jiě | (Catholicism) to confess; confession |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 自白.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 自由 | zì yóu | freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted |
| 来自 (來自) | lái zì | to come from (a place); From: (in email header) |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature; natural |
| 自动 (自動) | zì dòng | automatic; voluntarily |
| 自身 | zì shēn | itself; oneself |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “confession”.
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.