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Chinese symbol for “archive”

存档
cún dàng
Traditional: 存檔
to archive; to place on file; saved data (for a video game etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for archive is 存档 (cún dàng), defined as: to archive; to place on file; saved data (for a video game etc).

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

存 cún
to exist; to survive, to maintain; to keep, to store; to deposit
radical 39 ⼦ · 6 strokes
档 dàng
shelve, frame; files, records; grade, level
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “archive”

WordPinyinMeaning
档案 (檔案)dàng ànfile; record; archive
箓 (籙)lùrecord book; archive; Taoist written charm
汇整 (彙整)huì zhěngto collect and organize (papers etc); to archive (data)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 存档.

WordPinyinMeaning
存在cún zàito exist; to be
生存shēng cúnto exist; to survive
保存bǎo cúnto conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc)
储存 (儲存)chǔ cúnstockpile; to store
存款cún kuǎnto deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings
存储 (存儲)cún chǔto store up; to stockpile
档案 (檔案)dàng ànfile; record; archive
文档 (文檔)wén dàng(computer) file; document; documentation

See also: Japanese symbol for “archive”.

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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