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Chinese symbol for “fabric”

布料
bù liào
fabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fabric is 布料 (bù liào), defined as: fabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc).

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

布 bù
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes
料 liào
ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
radical 68 ⽃ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fabric”

WordPinyinMeaning
织物 (織物)zhī wùfabric; textile
脉络 (脈絡)mài luòarteries and veins; network of blood vessels
肌体 (肌體)jī tǐthe body; organism (usually human)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 布料.

WordPinyinMeaning
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
宣布 (宣佈)xuān bùvariant of 宣布 (xuān bù)
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
资料 (資料)zī liàomaterial; resources
材料cái liào(raw) material; data
原料yuán liàoraw material
燃料rán liàofuel
饮料 (飲料)yǐn liàodrink; beverage

See also: Japanese symbol for “fabric”.

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.

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