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Chinese symbol for “mention”

提到
tí dào
to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mention is 提到 (tí dào), defined as: to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to.

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

提 tí
to hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
radical 64 ⼿ · 12 strokes
到 dào
to go to, to arrive
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “mention”

WordPinyinMeaning
提起tí qǐto mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise
提及tí jíto mention; to raise (a subject)
说起 (說起)shuō qǐto mention; to bring up (a subject)
谈起 (談起)tán qǐto mention; to speak of
点 (點)diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 提到.

WordPinyinMeaning
提供tí gōngto offer; to supply
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
提高tí gāoto raise; to increase
提升tí shēngto promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist
提醒tí xǐngto remind; to call attention to
看到kàn dàoto see
得到dé dàoto get; to obtain; to receive
受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “mention”.

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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