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Chinese symbol for “psalm”

赞美诗
zàn měi shī
Traditional: 讚美詩
(Christianity) hymn; psalm

The closest CC-CEDICT match for psalm is 赞美诗 (zàn měi shī), defined as: (Christianity) hymn; psalm.

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

赞 zàn
to help, to support; to laud, to praise
radical 154 ⾙ · 16 strokes
美 měi
beautiful, pretty; pleasing
radical 123 ⽺ · 9 strokes
诗 shī
poetry; poem, verse, ode
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 赞美诗.

WordPinyinMeaning
赞成 (贊成)zàn chéngto approve of; to agree with; (literary) to help bring about
赞同 (讚同)zàn tóngvariant of 赞同 (zàn tóng)
赞助 (贊助)zàn zhùto sponsor; to provide financial or material support
赞美 (讚美)zàn měito admire; to praise
称赞 (稱讚)chēng zànto praise; to commend; to compliment
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
美丽 (美麗)měi lìbeautiful
完美wán měiperfect
诗人 (詩人)shī rénbard; poet

See also: Japanese symbol for “psalm”.

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.