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Chinese symbol for “picture”

图片
tú piàn
Traditional: 圖片
picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for picture is 图片 (tú piàn), defined as: picture; photograph; 张 (zhāng).

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

图 tú
diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan
radical 31 ⼞ · 8 strokes
片 piàn
slice, splinter; page, strip
radical 91 ⽚ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “picture”

WordPinyinMeaning
影yǐngpicture; image
图形 (圖形)tú xíngpicture; figure
组图 (組圖)zǔ túpicture; image
图像 (圖像)tú xiàngimage; picture; graphic
图 (圖)túdiagram; picture

Related words

Other words that share a character with 图片.

WordPinyinMeaning
地图 (地圖)dì túmap; 张 (zhāng),本 (běn)
试图 (試圖)shì túto attempt; to try
图书馆 (圖書館)tú shū guǎnlibrary; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
企图 (企圖)qǐ túto attempt; to try
图像 (圖像)tú xiàngimage; picture; graphic
照片zhào piànphotograph; 张 (zhāng),幅 (fú)
影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie
片段piàn duànfragment (of speech etc); extract (from book etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “picture”.

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.