Chinese symbol for “journal”
日志
rì zhì
Traditional: 日誌
journal; log (computing)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for journal is 日志 (rì zhì), defined as: journal; log (computing).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “journal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通报 (通報) | tōng bào | to inform; to notify |
| 报 (報) | bào | to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 日志.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今日 | jīn rì | today |
| 日子 | rì zi | day; a (calendar) date |
| 日常 | rì cháng | day-to-day; daily; everyday |
| 日报 (日報) | rì bào | daily newspaper |
| 每日 | měi rì | daily; (soup etc) of the day |
| 日期 | rì qī | date |
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 杂志 (雜誌) | zá zhì | magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “journal”.
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.