Chinese symbol for “publish”
出版
chū bǎn
to publish
The closest CC-CEDICT match for publish is 出版 (chū bǎn), defined as: to publish.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “publish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发行 (發行) | fā xíng | to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute |
| 印发 (印發) | yìn fā | to publish; to print and distribute |
| 刊载 (刊載) | kān zǎi | to publish; to carry (a piece of writing, news, image etc) in a periodical or other publication; Taiwan pr. [kan1zai4] |
| 公布 | gōng bù | to announce; to make public; to publish |
| 登载 (登載) | dēng zǎi | to publish (in newspapers or magazines); to record (bookkeeping entries) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 出版.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出现 (出現) | chū xiàn | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up |
| 出来 (出來) | chū lái | to come out; to appear |
| 提出 | tí chū | to raise (an issue); to propose |
| 指出 | zhǐ chū | to indicate; to point out |
| 版本 | bǎn běn | version; edition |
| 版权 (版權) | bǎn quán | copyright |
| 出版社 | chū bǎn shè | publishing house |
| 新版 | xīn bǎn | new edition; new version |
See also: Japanese symbol for “publish”.
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.