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Chinese symbol for “premiere”

首映
shǒu yìng
to premiere (a movie or TV show); premiere (of a movie); first-run (movie); to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for premiere is 首映 (shǒu yìng), defined as: to premiere (a movie or TV show); premiere (of a movie); first-run (movie); to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room).

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

首 shǒu
chief, head, leader
radical 185 ⾸ · 9 strokes
映 yìng
to project; to reflect; to shine
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 首映.

WordPinyinMeaning
首先shǒu xiānfirst of all; in the first place
首次shǒu cìfirst; first time
首都shǒu dūcapital (city); 个 (gè)
首页 (首頁)shǒu yèhome page (of a website); title page
首相shǒu xiàngprime minister (of Japan or UK etc)
首席shǒu xíseat of honor; chief (representative, correspondent etc)
反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect
上映shàng yìngto screen; to show (a movie)

See also: Japanese symbol for “premiere”.

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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