Chinese symbol for “focus”
专注
zhuān zhù
Traditional: 專注
to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention
The closest CC-CEDICT match for focus is 专注 (zhuān zhù), defined as: to focus; to concentrate; to give one's full attention.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “focus”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 聚焦 | jù jiāo | to focus (light, electron beam etc); to focus attention |
| 重心 | zhòng xīn | focus; emphasis; priority; (physics) center of gravity |
| 重点 (重點) | zhòng diǎn | important point; main point; focus; key (project etc) |
| 针对性 (針對性) | zhēn duì xìng | focus; direction |
| 焦点 (焦點) | jiāo diǎn | (lit. and fig.) focal point; focus |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 专注.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) |
| 专题 (專題) | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic |
| 专用 (專用) | zhuān yòng | special; dedicated |
| 专辑 (專輯) | zhuān jí | album; record (music) |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 关注 (關注) | guān zhù | to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention |
See also: Japanese symbol for “focus”.
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.