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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

题 tí
forehead; headline, title; theme
radical 181 ⾴ · 15 strokes
词 cí
phrase, expression; words, speech
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “inscription”

WordPinyinMeaning
铭文 (銘文)míng wéninscription
题字 (題字)tí zìto write an inscription (poem, remark, autograph etc); an inscription
题记 (題記)tí jìepigraph; inscription

Related words

Other words that share a character with 题词.

WordPinyinMeaning
问题 (問題)wèn tíquestion; problem
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
话题 (話題)huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation); topic
专题 (專題)zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic
标题 (標題)biāo títitle; heading
题材 (題材)tí cáisubject matter
歌词 (歌詞)gē císong lyric; lyrics
词汇 (詞匯)cí huìvariant 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.

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