Chinese symbol for “dedicate”
贡献
gòng xiàn
Traditional: 貢獻
to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dedicate is 贡献 (gòng xiàn), defined as: to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dedicate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 奉献 (奉獻) | fèng xiàn | to offer respectfully; to consecrate |
| 献 (獻) | xiàn | to offer; to present |
| 献礼 (獻禮) | xiàn lǐ | to offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion); to dedicate; an offering; a tribute |
| 题献 (題獻) | tí xiàn | to dedicate (a book, film etc to sb) |
| 敬奉 | jìng fèng | to worship piously; to present |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贡献.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贡士 (貢士) | gòng shì | (old) candidate who has successfully passed the first grades of the examination system, but not yet the court examination (殿试 (diàn shì)) |
| 贡献者 (貢獻者) | gòng xiàn zhě | contributor; benefactor |
| 进贡 (進貢) | jìn gòng | to present tribute (to a suzerain, the emperor etc) |
| 贡品 (貢品) | gòng pǐn | tribute |
| 朝贡 (朝貢) | cháo gòng | (of a vassal state, neighboring country etc) to present tribute (to the imperial court) |
| 文献 (文獻) | wén xiàn | reference material (used in scholarly study) |
| 奉献 (奉獻) | fèng xiàn | to offer respectfully; to consecrate |
| 献身 (獻身) | xiàn shēn | to commit one's energy to; to devote oneself to |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dedicate”.
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.