Chinese symbol for “catalog”
目录
mù lù
Traditional: 目錄
catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list
The closest CC-CEDICT match for catalog is 目录 (mù lù), defined as: catalog; table of contents; directory (on computer hard drive); list; contents.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “catalog”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 目录.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time; currently |
| 项目 (項目) | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 目标 (目標) | mù biāo | target; goal |
| 目的 | mù dì | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
| 记录 (記錄) | jì lù | to record; record (esp. a written account) |
| 纪录 (紀錄) | jì lù | variant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferr |
| 录音 (錄音) | lù yīn | to record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “catalog”.
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.