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Chinese symbol for “epitaph”

墓志铭
mù zhì míng
Traditional: 墓誌銘
epitaph

The closest CC-CEDICT match for epitaph is 墓志铭 (mù zhì míng), defined as: epitaph.

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

墓 mù
grave, tomb
radical 32 ⼟ · 14 strokes
志 zhì
determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write
radical 61 ⼼ · 7 strokes
铭 míng
to engrave, to inscribe
radical 167 ⾦ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 墓志铭.

WordPinyinMeaning
墓地mù dìcemetery; graveyard
坟墓 (墳墓)fén mùgrave; tomb
陵墓líng mùtomb; mausoleum
古墓gǔ mùold tomb (archaeology)
墓碑mù bēigravestone; tombstone
墓园 (墓園)mù yuáncemetery; graveyard
同志tóng zhìcomrade; (slang) homosexual
杂志 (雜誌)zá zhìmagazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī)
铭记 (銘記)míng jìto engrave in one's memory

See also: Japanese symbol for “epitaph”.

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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