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Chinese symbol for “anchor”

主播
zhǔ bō
(news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for anchor is 主播 (zhǔ bō), defined as: (news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer.

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

主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
播 bō
to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes

Other Chinese words for “anchor”

WordPinyinMeaning
停泊tíng bóto anchor; anchorage
锚 (錨)máoanchor
主持人zhǔ chí rénhost; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor; (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
碇dìnganchor
主持zhǔ chíto take charge of; to manage or direct

Related words

Other words that share a character with 主播.

WordPinyinMeaning
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier
主任zhǔ rèndirector; head
主题 (主題)zhǔ títheme; subject
主张 (主張)zhǔ zhāngto advocate; to stand for
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast

See also: Japanese symbol for “anchor”.

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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