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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.

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

讣 fù
obituary, death notice
radical 149 ⾔ · 4 strokes
告 gào
to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “obituary”

WordPinyinMeaning
讣闻 (訃聞)fù wénobituary
哀启 (哀啟)āi qǐobituary (archaic term)
讣 (訃)fùto report a bereavement; obituary

Related words

Other words that share a character with 讣告.

WordPinyinMeaning
讣闻 (訃聞)fù wénobituary
讣文 (訃文)fù wénobituary notice
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
告诉 (告訴)gào sùto press charges; to file a complaint
广告 (廣告)guǎng gàoto advertise; a commercial
警告jǐng gàoto warn; to admonish
公告gōng gàopost; 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.

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