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Chinese symbol for “announce”

公布
gōng bù
to announce; to make public; to publish

The closest CC-CEDICT match for announce is 公布 (gōng bù), defined as: to announce; to make public; to publish.

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

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
布 bù
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “announce”

WordPinyinMeaning
通告tōng gàoto announce; to give notice; announcement
播报 (播報)bō bàoto announce; to read (the news)
报 (報)bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply
发布 (發布)fā bùto release; to issue
宣布xuān bùto declare; to announce

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公布.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公里gōng lǐkilometer
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
宣布 (宣佈)xuān bùvariant of 宣布 (xuān bù)

See also: Japanese symbol for “announce”.

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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