Chinese symbol for “arrangement”
布局
bù jú
Traditional: 佈局
arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for arrangement is 布局 (bù jú), defined as: arrangement; composition; layout; opening (chess jargon).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “arrangement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 条理 (條理) | tiáo lǐ | arrangement; order |
| 约定 (約定) | yuē dìng | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain |
| 编曲 (編曲) | biān qǔ | to compose (music); arrangement |
| 眉目 | méi mù | general facial appearance; features; arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing) |
| 构型 (構型) | gòu xíng | structure; (spatial) configuration |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 布局.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发布 (發佈) | fā bù | variant of 发布 (fā bù) |
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
| 当局 (當局) | dāng jú | authorities |
| 局长 (局長) | jú zhǎng | bureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè) |
| 局势 (局勢) | jú shì | situation; state (of affairs) |
| 局面 | jú miàn | aspect; phase |
| 结局 (結局) | jié jú | conclusion; ending; outcome |
See also: Japanese symbol for “arrangement”.
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.