Chinese symbol for “inscription”
题词
tí cí
Traditional: 題詞
inscription; dedication
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inscription is 题词 (tí cí), defined as: inscription; dedication.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inscription”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 铭文 (銘文) | míng wén | inscription |
| 题字 (題字) | tí zì | to write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc); an inscription |
| 题记 (題記) | tí jì | epigraph; inscription |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 题词.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 问题 (問題) | wèn tí | question; problem |
| 主题 (主題) | zhǔ tí | theme; subject |
| 话题 (話題) | huà tí | subject (of a talk or conversation); topic |
| 专题 (專題) | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic |
| 标题 (標題) | biāo tí | title; heading |
| 题材 (題材) | tí cái | subject matter |
| 歌词 (歌詞) | gē cí | song lyric; lyrics |
| 词汇 (詞匯) | cí huì | variant of 词汇 (cí huì) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inscription”.
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.