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Chinese symbol for “dissertation”

学位论文
xué wèi lùn wén
Traditional: 學位論文
dissertation; thesis

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dissertation is 学位论文 (xué wèi lùn wén), defined as: dissertation; thesis.

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

学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes
位 wèi
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
论 lùn
debate; discussion
radical 149 ⾔ · 6 strokes
文 wén
culture, literature, writing
radical 67 ⽂ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 学位论文.

WordPinyinMeaning
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
学习 (學習)xué xíto learn; to study
科学 (科學)kē xuéscience; scientific knowledge
学院 (學院)xué yuàncollege; educational institute
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
位于 (位於)wèi yúto be located at; to be situated at
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “dissertation”.

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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