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Chinese symbol for “culmination”

中天
zhōng tiān
(literary) midheaven; highest point in the sky; (astronomy) culmination; transit across the meridian

The closest CC-CEDICT match for culmination is 中天 (zhōng tiān), defined as: (literary) midheaven; highest point in the sky; (astronomy) culmination; transit across the meridian.

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

中 zhōng
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Ch
radical 2 ⼁ · 4 strokes
天 tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 中天.

WordPinyinMeaning
其中qí zhōngamong; in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
中央zhōng yāngcentral; middle
中学 (中學)zhōng xuémiddle school
之中zhī zhōnginside; among
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
每天měi tiānevery day

See also: Japanese symbol for “culmination”.

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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