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Chinese symbol for “copyright”

版权
bǎn quán
Traditional: 版權
copyright

The closest CC-CEDICT match for copyright is 版权 (bǎn quán), defined as: copyright.

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

版 bǎn
printing block, edition; register; volume, version
radical 91 ⽚ · 8 strokes
权 quán
authority, power, right
radical 75 ⽊ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “copyright”

WordPinyinMeaning
著作权 (著作權)zhù zuò quáncopyright
名称权 (名稱權)míng chēng quáncopyright; rights to a trademark
作者权 (作者權)zuò zhě quáncopyright

Related words

Other words that share a character with 版权.

WordPinyinMeaning
版本bǎn běnversion; edition
出版chū bǎnto publish
出版社chū bǎn shèpublishing house
新版xīn bǎnnew edition; new version
盗版 (盜版)dào bǎnpirated; illegal
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
权力 (權力)quán lìpower; authority
政权 (政權)zhèng quánregime; political power

See also: Japanese symbol for “copyright”.

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.