Chinese symbol for “canvas”
帆布
fān bù
canvas; sailcloth
The closest CC-CEDICT match for canvas is 帆布 (fān bù), defined as: canvas; sailcloth.
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
Other Chinese words for “canvas”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 画布 (畫布) | huà bù | canvas (artist's painting surface) |
| 兜揽 (兜攬) | dōu lǎn | to canvas (for customers); to solicit |
| 扫街 (掃街) | sǎo jiē | to sweep the streets; to canvas (for votes, sales etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 帆布.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帆船 | fān chuán | sailboat |
| 一帆风顺 (一帆風順) | yī fān fēng shùn | propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom); plain sailing |
| 扬帆 (揚帆) | yáng fān | to set sail |
| 风帆 (風帆) | fēng fān | sail; sailing boat |
| 帆板 | fān bǎn | sailboard; windsurfing |
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “canvas”.
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.