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Chinese symbol for “broadcast”

广播
guǎng bō
Traditional: 廣播
broadcast; 个 (gè); broadcasting; to broadcast

The closest CC-CEDICT match for broadcast is 广播 (guǎng bō), defined as: broadcast; 个 (gè); broadcasting; to broadcast; (formal) to propagate; to publicize.

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

广 guǎng
broad, vast, wide; building, house
radical 53 ⼴ · 3 strokes
播 bō
to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread
radical 64 ⼿ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “broadcast”

WordPinyinMeaning
播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
播出bō chūto broadcast; to air (a TV program etc)
放送fàng sòngto broadcast; to announce over loudspeakers
播送bō sòngto broadcast; to transmit
播发 (播發)bō fāto broadcast

Related words

Other words that share a character with 广播.

WordPinyinMeaning
广告 (廣告)guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial
广场 (廣場)guǎng chǎngpublic square; plaza
广泛 (廣泛)guǎng fànwide; broad; extensive; widespread
推广 (推廣)tuī guǎngto extend; to spread
广大 (廣大)guǎng dà(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
直播zhí bō(TV, radio) to broadcast live; live broadcast
播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)

See also: Japanese symbol for “broadcast”.

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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