Chinese symbol for “chronicle”
年谱
nián pǔ
Traditional: 年譜
chronicle (of sb's life)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for chronicle is 年谱 (nián pǔ), defined as: chronicle (of sb's life).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “chronicle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纪 (紀) | jì | order; discipline |
| 纪年 (紀年) | jì nián | to number the years; calendar era |
| 编年史 (編年史) | biān nián shǐ | annals; chronicle |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 年谱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年代 | nián dài | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 每年 | měi nián | every year; each year |
| 青年 | qīng nián | youth; youthful years |
| 多年 | duō nián | many years; for many years |
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 光谱 (光譜) | guāng pǔ | spectrum |
| 食谱 (食譜) | shí pǔ | cookbook; recipe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “chronicle”.
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.