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Chinese symbol for “titular”

名义
míng yì
Traditional: 名義
name; titular; nominal; in name

The closest CC-CEDICT match for titular is 名义 (míng yì), defined as: name; titular; nominal; in name; ostensible purpose.

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

名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
义 yì
right conduct, propriety; justice
radical 3 ⼂ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 名义.

WordPinyinMeaning
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted
名称 (名稱)míng chēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)
名单 (名單)míng dānlist of names
知名zhī míngwell-known; famous
排名pái míngto rank (1st, 2nd etc); ranking
意义 (意義)yì yìsense; meaning
主义 (主義)zhǔ yì-ism; ideology

See also: Japanese symbol for “titular”.

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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