Chinese symbol for “starring”
领衔
lǐng xián
Traditional: 領銜
leading (role); heading list of signatories; leading actors (in a show); starring
The closest CC-CEDICT match for starring is 领衔 (lǐng xián), defined as: leading (role); heading list of signatories; leading actors (in a show); starring.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “starring”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 领衔.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 领导 (領導) | lǐng dǎo | lead; leading |
| 领域 (領域) | lǐng yù | domain; sphere; field; territory; area |
| 领导人 (領導人) | lǐng dǎo rén | leader |
| 领袖 (領袖) | lǐng xiù | leader |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 领土 (領土) | lǐng tǔ | territory |
| 头衔 (頭銜) | tóu xián | title; rank |
| 衔接 (銜接) | xián jiē | to link up; to connect; to join |
See also: Japanese symbol for “starring”.
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.