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Chinese symbol for “ranking”

排名榜
pái míng bǎng
ranking; ordered list; top 20; roll of honor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ranking is 排名榜 (pái míng bǎng), defined as: ranking; ordered list; top 20; roll of honor; to come nth out of 100.

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

排 pái
row, rank, file; to eliminate, to remove
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
榜 bǎng
placard, notice, announcement; a list of names
radical 75 ⽊ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “ranking”

WordPinyinMeaning
排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
排行pái hángto rank; ranking

Related words

Other words that share a character with 排名榜.

WordPinyinMeaning
安排ān páito arrange; to plan
排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
排除pái chúto eliminate; to remove
排列pái lièto arrange in order; (math.) permutation
排放pái fàngto arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc)
排队 (排隊)pái duìto line up
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted
排行榜pái háng bǎngthe charts (of best-sellers); table of ranking

See also: Japanese symbol for “ranking”.

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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