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Chinese symbol for “nominate”

提名
tí míng
to nominate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nominate is 提名 (tí míng), defined as: to nominate.

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
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “nominate”

WordPinyinMeaning
推tuīto push; to cut
荐举 (薦舉)jiàn jǔto propose (for a job); to nominate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 提名.

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
提到tí dàoto mention; to raise (a subject)
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted

See also: Japanese symbol for “nominate”.

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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