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Chinese symbol for “subject”

话题
huà tí
Traditional: 話題
subject (of a talk or conversation); topic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for subject is 话题 (huà tí), defined as: subject (of a talk or conversation); topic.

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

话 huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes
题 tí
forehead; headline, title; theme
radical 181 ⾴ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “subject”

WordPinyinMeaning
课 (課)kèsubject; course
学科 (學科)xué kēsubject; branch of learning
题目 (題目)tí mùsubject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道 (dào))
臣民chén mínsubject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
主语 (主語)zhǔ yǔsubject (in grammar)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 话题.

WordPinyinMeaning
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
的话 (的話)de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)
说话 (說話)shuō huàto speak; to say
讲话 (講話)jiǎng huàa speech; to speak
对话 (對話)duì huàto talk (with sb); dialogue; conversation
问题 (問題)wèn tíquestion; problem
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
专题 (專題)zhuān tíspecific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic

See also: Japanese symbol for “subject”.

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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