Chinese symbol for “football”
足球
zú qiú
soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football
The closest CC-CEDICT match for football is 足球 (zú qiú), defined as: soccer; football; a soccer ball; a football.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 足球.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 满足 (滿足) | mǎn zú | to satisfy; to meet (the needs of) |
| 不足 | bù zú | insufficient; lacking |
| 足够 (足夠) | zú gòu | enough; sufficient |
| 足以 | zú yǐ | sufficient to...; so much so that |
| 充足 | chōng zú | adequate; sufficient |
| 全球 | quán qiú | the whole world; worldwide; global |
| 地球 | dì qiú | the earth |
| 球队 (球隊) | qiú duì | sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “football”.
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.