Chinese symbol for “release”
发布
fā bù
Traditional: 發布
to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for release is 发布 (fā bù), defined as: to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “release”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 释放 (釋放) | shì fàng | to release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources); to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions) |
| 发行 (發行) | fā xíng | to publish; to issue; to release; to distribute |
| 释出 (釋出) | shì chū | to release; to make available |
| 松开 (鬆開) | sōng kāi | to release; to let go |
| 放走 | fàng zǒu | to release; to set free |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 发布.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 发现 (發現) | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 宣布 (宣佈) | xuān bù | variant of 宣布 (xuān bù) |
| 公布 (公佈) | gōng bù | variant of 公布 (gōng bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “release”.
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.