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Chinese symbol for “raise”

提出
tí chū
to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest

The closest CC-CEDICT match for raise is 提出 (tí chū), defined as: to raise (an issue); to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to post (on a website); to withdraw (cash).

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
出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “raise”

WordPinyinMeaning
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
提高tí gāoto raise; to increase
养 (養)yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children)
养殖 (養殖)yǎng zhíto raise; to breed (animals etc)
挑tiǎoto raise; to dig up

Related words

Other words that share a character with 提出.

WordPinyinMeaning
提供tí gōngto offer; to supply
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)
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out

See also: Japanese symbol for “raise”.

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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