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Chinese symbol for “blues”

布鲁斯
bù lǔ sī
Traditional: 布魯斯
blues (music) (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for blues is 布鲁斯 (bù lǔ sī), defined as: blues (music) (loanword).

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

布 bù
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes
鲁 lǔ
foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
radical 195 ⿂ · 12 strokes
斯 sī
this, thus, such; emphatic particle; used in transliterations
radical 69 ⽄ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “blues”

WordPinyinMeaning
蓝调 (藍調)lán diàoblues (music)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 布鲁斯.

WordPinyinMeaning
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
宣布 (宣佈)xuān bùvariant of 宣布 (xuān bù)
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
粗鲁 (粗魯)cū lǔcoarse; crude (in one's manner)
鲁莽 (魯莽)lǔ mǎnghot-headed; impulsive; reckless
阿鲁巴 (阿魯巴)ā lǔ bā(Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his
达鲁花赤 (達魯花赤)dá lǔ huā chìMongolian daruqachi, local commander in Mongol and Yuan times
古鲁 (古魯)gǔ lǔguru (loanword)
法西斯fǎ xī sīfascist (loanword)

See also: Japanese symbol for “blues”.

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.