Chinese symbol for “forum”
论坛
lùn tán
Traditional: 論壇
forum (for discussion)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for forum is 论坛 (lùn tán), defined as: forum (for discussion).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “forum”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讨论区 (討論區) | tǎo lùn qū | forum (esp. online); discussion area |
| 丛谈 (叢談) | cóng tán | discussion; forum |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 论坛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 理论 (理論) | lǐ lùn | theory; 个 (gè) |
| 讨论 (討論) | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 无论 (無論) | wú lùn | no matter what or how; regardless of whether... |
| 评论 (評論) | píng lùn | to comment on; to discuss |
| 结论 (結論) | jié lùn | conclusion; verdict |
| 政坛 (政壇) | zhèng tán | political circles |
| 文坛 (文壇) | wén tán | literary circles |
| 祭坛 (祭壇) | jì tán | altar |
See also: Japanese symbol for “forum”.
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.