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Chinese symbol for “congratulate”

恭喜
gōng xǐ
to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!

The closest CC-CEDICT match for congratulate is 恭喜 (gōng xǐ), defined as: to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations!.

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

恭 gōng
polite, respectful, reverent
radical 61 ⼼ · 10 strokes
喜 xǐ
to love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad
radical 30 ⼝ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “congratulate”

WordPinyinMeaning
祝贺 (祝賀)zhù hèto congratulate; congratulations
贺 (賀)hèto congratulate
庆贺 (慶賀)qìng hèto congratulate; to celebrate
道贺 (道賀)dào hèto congratulate
贺喜 (賀喜)hè xǐto congratulate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 恭喜.

WordPinyinMeaning
恭敬gōng jìngdeferential; respectful
恭贺 (恭賀)gōng hèto congratulate respectfully; to express good wishes
恭维 (恭維)gōng weito compliment; to praise
恭候gōng hòuto look forward to sth; to wait respectfully
恭祝gōng zhùto congratulate respectfully; to wish good luck and success (esp. to a superior)
喜欢 (喜歡)xǐ huanto like; to be fond of; to be happy; to be pleased
喜爱 (喜愛)xǐ àito like; to love
惊喜 (驚喜)jīng xǐnice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised

See also: Japanese symbol for “congratulate”.

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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