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Chinese symbol for “publications”

出版物
chū bǎn wù
publications

The closest CC-CEDICT match for publications is 出版物 (chū bǎn wù), defined as: publications.

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

出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
版 bǎn
printing block, edition; register; volume, version
radical 91 ⽚ · 8 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “publications”

WordPinyinMeaning
书刊 (書刊)shū kānbooks and periodicals; publications

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出版物.

WordPinyinMeaning
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out
出版chū bǎnto publish
版本bǎn běnversion; edition
版权 (版權)bǎn quáncopyright
出版社chū bǎn shèpublishing house
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

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.