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Chinese symbol for “decibel”

分贝
fēn bèi
Traditional: 分貝
decibel

The closest CC-CEDICT match for decibel is 分贝 (fēn bèi), defined as: decibel.

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

分 fēn
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity
radical 18 ⼑ · 4 strokes
贝 bèi
sea shell; money, currency
radical 154 ⾙ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 分贝.

WordPinyinMeaning
部分bù fenpart; portion; piece; Taiwan pr. [bu4fen4]
分析fēn xīto analyze; analysis
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart
分钟 (分鐘)fēn zhōngminute
十分shí fēnvery; completely
分享fēn xiǎngto share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
宝贝 (寶貝)bǎo bèitreasured object; treasure
贝克 (貝克)bèi kèbecquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 贝克勒尔 (bèi kè lè ěr))

See also: Japanese symbol for “decibel”.

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.