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Chinese symbol for “poster”

海报
hǎi bào
Traditional: 海報
poster; playbill; notice

The closest CC-CEDICT match for poster is 海报 (hǎi bào), defined as: poster; playbill; notice.

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

海 hǎi
sea, ocean; maritime
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “poster”

WordPinyinMeaning
招贴 (招貼)zhāo tiēposter; placard
贴画 (貼畫)tiē huàpinup picture; poster
广告宣传画 (廣告宣傳畫)guǎng gào xuān chuán huàplacard; poster

Related words

Other words that share a character with 海报.

WordPinyinMeaning
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
海军 (海軍)hǎi jūnnavy
海洋hǎi yángocean
海上hǎi shàngmaritime
沿海yán hǎicoastal
海岸hǎi àncoastal; seacoast
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report

See also: Japanese symbol for “poster”.

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.