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Chinese symbol for “eponymous”

以人名命名
yǐ rén míng mìng míng
to name sth after a person; named after; eponymous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for eponymous is 以人名命名 (yǐ rén míng mìng míng), defined as: to name sth after a person; named after; eponymous.

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

以 yǐ
according to; so as to; because of; then
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
命 mìng
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
radical 30 ⼝ · 8 strokes
名
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 以人名命名.

WordPinyinMeaning
可以kě yǐcan; may
以及yǐ jíand; as well as
所以suǒ yǐtherefore; as a result
以后 (以後)yǐ hòuafter; later
以下yǐ xiàthat level or lower; that amount or less
以上yǐ shàngthat level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
革命gé mìngto withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution
著名zhù míngfamous; noted

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.