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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “illustrious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赫赫有名 | hè hè yǒu míng | illustrious; prominent |
| 显达 (顯達) | xiǎn dá | illustrious; influential |
| 杰出 (傑出) | jié chū | outstanding; distinguished |
| 炽 (熾) | chì | to burn; to blaze |
| 崋 | huá | flowery; illustrious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 显赫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show; to illustrate |
| 明显 (明顯) | míng xiǎn | clear; distinct |
| 显然 (顯然) | xiǎn rán | clearly; evidently; obviously |
| 显得 (顯得) | xiǎn de | to seem; to look |
| 显著 (顯著) | xiǎn zhù | outstanding; notable |
| 显现 (顯現) | xiǎn xiàn | appearance; to appear |
| 马赫 (馬赫) | mǎ hè | (physics) Mach; Mach number |
| 赫然 | hè rán | with 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.