Chinese symbol for “obituary”
讣告
fù gào
Traditional: 訃告
obituary
The closest CC-CEDICT match for obituary is 讣告 (fù gào), defined as: obituary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “obituary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讣闻 (訃聞) | fù wén | obituary |
| 哀启 (哀啟) | āi qǐ | obituary (archaic term) |
| 讣 (訃) | fù | to report a bereavement; obituary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 讣告.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讣闻 (訃聞) | fù wén | obituary |
| 讣文 (訃文) | fù wén | obituary notice |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 告诉 (告訴) | gào sù | to press charges; to file a complaint |
| 广告 (廣告) | guǎng gào | to advertise; a commercial |
| 警告 | jǐng gào | to warn; to admonish |
| 公告 | gōng gào | post; announcement |
See also: Japanese symbol for “obituary”.
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.