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Chinese symbol for “prestigious”

赫赫有名
hè hè yǒu míng
illustrious; prominent; prestigious; well-known

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prestigious is 赫赫有名 (hè hè yǒu míng), defined as: illustrious; prominent; prestigious; well-known.

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

赫 hè
bright, radiant, glowing
radical 155 ⾚ · 14 strokes
赫
赫 hè
bright, radiant, glowing
radical 155 ⾚ · 14 strokes
有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “prestigious”

WordPinyinMeaning
显达 (顯達)xiǎn dáillustrious; influential
烜赫xuǎn hèfamous; prestigious
重望zhòng wàngrenowned; prestigious

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赫赫有名.

WordPinyinMeaning
显赫 (顯赫)xiǎn hèillustrious; celebrated
马赫 (馬赫)mǎ hè(physics) Mach; Mach number
赫然hè ránwith astonishment; with a shock
赫兹 (赫茲)hè zīhertz (Hz), unit of frequency
兆赫zhào hèmegahertz
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)

See also: Japanese symbol for “prestigious”.

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.