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Chinese symbol for “leaflet”

传单
chuán dān
Traditional: 傳單
leaflet; flier; pamphlet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for leaflet is 传单 (chuán dān), defined as: leaflet; flier; pamphlet.

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

传 chuán
to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
单 dān
single, individual, only; lone
radical 24 ⼗ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “leaflet”

WordPinyinMeaning
小册子 (小冊子)xiǎo cè zibooklet; pamphlet
单张 (單張)dān zhāngflyer; leaflet

Related words

Other words that share a character with 传单.

WordPinyinMeaning
传统 (傳統)chuán tǒngtradition; traditional
宣传 (宣傳)xuān chuánto disseminate; to give publicity to
传播 (傳播)chuán bōto disseminate; to propagate; to spread
传说 (傳說)chuán shuōlegend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...
上传 (上傳)shàng chuánto upload
传递 (傳遞)chuán dìto transmit; to pass on to sb else; (math.) transitive
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
简单 (簡單)jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated

See also: Japanese symbol for “leaflet”.

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.