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
Other Chinese words for “fabric”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 织物 (織物) | zhī wù | fabric; textile |
| 脉络 (脈絡) | mài luò | arteries and veins; network of blood vessels |
| 肌体 (肌體) | jī tǐ | the body; organism (usually human) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 布料.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发布 (發佈) | fā bù | variant of 发布 (fā bù) |
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 材料 | cái liào | (raw) material; data |
| 原料 | yuán liào | raw material |
| 燃料 | rán liào | fuel |
| 饮料 (飲料) | yǐn liào | drink; 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.