Chinese symbol for “surety”
当头
dàng tou
Traditional: 當頭
(coll.) pledge; surety
The closest CC-CEDICT match for surety is 当头 (dàng tou), defined as: (coll.) pledge; surety.
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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 当头.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当时 (當時) | dāng shí | then; at that time |
| 当然 (當然) | dāng rán | only natural; as it should be |
| 当地 (當地) | dāng dì | local |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 当年 (當年) | dāng nián | in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life |
| 头发 (頭髮) | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 街头 (街頭) | jiē tóu | street |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “surety”.
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.