Chinese symbol for “printmaking”

版画

bǎn huà

Traditional: 版畫

printmaking; a print

The closest CC-CEDICT match for printmaking is 版画 (bǎn huà), defined as: printmaking; a print.

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

版 bǎn

printing block, edition; register; volume, version

radical 91 ⽚ · 8 strokes

画 huà

picture, painting, drawing; to draw

radical 102 ⽥ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

畫 huà

Related words

Other words that share a character with 版画.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
版本	bǎn běn	version; edition
出版	chū bǎn	to publish
版权 (版權)	bǎn quán	copyright
出版社	chū bǎn shè	publishing house
新版	xīn bǎn	new edition; new version
盗版 (盜版)	dào bǎn	pirated; illegal
漫画 (漫畫)	màn huà	comics; cartoon; caricature
动画 (動畫)	dòng huà	animation; cartoon

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.