Chinese symbol for “application”
申请书
shēn qǐng shū
Traditional: 申請書
application; application form; petition (to higher authorities)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for application is 申请书 (shēn qǐng shū), defined as: application; application form; petition (to higher authorities).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “application”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 用途 | yòng tú | use; application |
| 应用 (應用) | yìng yòng | to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) |
| 用场 (用場) | yòng chǎng | use; application |
| 应用程序 (應用程序) | yìng yòng chéng xù | (computing) program; application |
| 应用程式 (應用程式) | yìng yòng chéng shì | (Tw) (computing) program; application |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 申请书.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 申请 (申請) | shēn qǐng | to apply for sth; application form (CL:份 (fèn)) |
| 申报 (申報) | shēn bào | to report (to the authorities); to declare (to customs) |
| 申诉 (申訴) | shēn sù | to file a complaint; to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) |
| 重申 | chóng shēn | to reaffirm; to reiterate |
| 申办 (申辦) | shēn bàn | to apply for; to bid for |
| 申请人 (申請人) | shēn qǐng rén | applicant |
| 邀请 (邀請) | yāo qǐng | to invite; invitation |
| 请求 (請求) | qǐng qiú | to request; to ask; request (个 (gè)) |
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “application”.
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.