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Chinese symbol for “forefront”

第一线
dì yī xiàn
Traditional: 第一線
front line; forefront

The closest CC-CEDICT match for forefront is 第一线 (dì yī xiàn), defined as: front line; forefront.

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

第 dì
sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal
radical 118 ⽵ · 11 strokes
一 yī
one; a, an; alone
radical 1 ⼀ · 1 strokes
线 xiàn
line, thread, wire; clue, trail
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “forefront”

WordPinyinMeaning
前沿qián yán(military) forward position; frontier; cutting-edge; forefront

Related words

Other words that share a character with 第一线.

WordPinyinMeaning
第一dì yīfirst; most important; primary; foremost
第一次dì yī cìthe first time; for the first time
第二dì èrsecond; number two
第二次dì èr cìthe second time; the second occurrence
第二天dì èr tiānnext day; the morrow
第五dì wǔfifth
一个 (一個)yī gea; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc)
一些yī xiēsome; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
路线 (路線)lù xiànitinerary; route

See also: Japanese symbol for “forefront”.

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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