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Chinese symbol for “illustrious”

显赫
xiǎn hè
Traditional: 顯赫
illustrious; celebrated

The closest CC-CEDICT match for illustrious is 显赫 (xiǎn hè), defined as: illustrious; celebrated.

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

显 xiǎn
clear, evident; prominent; to show
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
赫 hè
bright, radiant, glowing
radical 155 ⾚ · 14 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “illustrious”

WordPinyinMeaning
赫赫有名hè hè yǒu míngillustrious; prominent
显达 (顯達)xiǎn dáillustrious; influential
杰出 (傑出)jié chūoutstanding; distinguished
炽 (熾)chìto burn; to blaze
崋huáflowery; illustrious

Related words

Other words that share a character with 显赫.

WordPinyinMeaning
显示 (顯示)xiǎn shìto show; to illustrate
明显 (明顯)míng xiǎnclear; distinct
显然 (顯然)xiǎn ránclearly; evidently; obviously
显得 (顯得)xiǎn deto seem; to look
显著 (顯著)xiǎn zhùoutstanding; notable
显现 (顯現)xiǎn xiànappearance; to appear
马赫 (馬赫)mǎ hè(physics) Mach; Mach number
赫然hè ránwith astonishment; with a shock

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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