Chinese symbol for “antique”
古物
gǔ wù
antique
The closest CC-CEDICT match for antique is 古物 (gǔ wù), defined as: antique.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “antique”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古玩 | gǔ wán | antique; curio |
| 老古董 | lǎo gǔ dǒng | antique; old relic; (fig.) old-fashioned person or thing; old fogey |
| 古董 | gǔ dǒng | curio; antique |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 古物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 古老 | gǔ lǎo | ancient; old |
| 古典 | gǔ diǎn | classical |
| 考古 | kǎo gǔ | archaeology; to engage in archaeological studies |
| 古城 | gǔ chéng | ancient city |
| 古怪 | gǔ guài | strange; weird |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “antique”.
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.