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Chinese symbol for “endorsement”

背书
bèi shū
Traditional: 背書
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart; to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc); backing; endorsement

The closest CC-CEDICT match for endorsement is 背书 (bèi shū), defined as: to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart; to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc); backing; endorsement.

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

背 bèi
back, backside; to betray, to violate
radical 130 ⾁ · 9 strokes
书 shū
book, letter, document; writing
radical 5 ⼄ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “endorsement”

WordPinyinMeaning
口播kǒu bō(broadcasting) to speak to the audience; to advertise a product by speaking directly to the audience

Related words

Other words that share a character with 背书.

WordPinyinMeaning
背景bèi jǐngbackground; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer
背后 (背後)bèi hòubehind; at the back
违背 (違背)wéi bèito go against; to be contrary to
背叛bèi pànto betray
背包bēi bāoknapsack; rucksack
背面bèi miànthe back; the reverse side
书记 (書記)shū jisecretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe
秘书 (秘書)mì shūsecretary

See also: Japanese symbol for “endorsement”.

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.