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Chinese symbol for “glorify”

贴金
tiē jīn
Traditional: 貼金
to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild; (fig.) to prettify; to glorify

The closest CC-CEDICT match for glorify is 贴金 (tiē jīn), defined as: to cover (a statue) with gold leaf; to gild; (fig.) to prettify; to glorify.

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

贴 tiē
to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy
radical 154 ⾙ · 9 strokes
金 jīn
gold, metal; money
radical 167 ⾦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “glorify”

WordPinyinMeaning
树碑立传 (樹碑立傳)shù bēi lì zhuànlit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom); to monumentalize

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贴金.

WordPinyinMeaning
补贴 (補貼)bǔ tiēto subsidize; subsidy
津贴 (津貼)jīn tiēallowance
贴近 (貼近)tiē jìnto press close to; to snuggle close
张贴 (張貼)zhāng tiēto post (a notice); to advertise
体贴 (體貼)tǐ tiēconsiderate (of other people's needs)
贴心 (貼心)tiē xīnintimate; close
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
金融jīn róngbanking; finance

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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