Chinese symbol for “bookmark”
书签
shū qiān
Traditional: 書籤
bookmark; 张 (zhāng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bookmark is 书签 (shū qiān), defined as: bookmark; 张 (zhāng).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bookmark”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 收藏 | shōu cáng | to collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection |
| 芸签 (芸籤) | yún qiān | bookmark; books |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 书签.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 书记 (書記) | shū ji | secretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe |
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
| 图书馆 (圖書館) | tú shū guǎn | library; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè) |
| 书籍 (書籍) | shū jí | books; works |
| 读书 (讀書) | dú shū | to read a book; to study |
| 秘书长 (秘書長) | mì shū zhǎng | secretary-general |
| 签署 (簽署) | qiān shǔ | to sign (an agreement) |
| 签订 (簽訂) | qiān dìng | to agree to and sign (a treaty etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bookmark”.
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.