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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.

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

发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
布 bù
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread
radical 50 ⼱ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “release”

WordPinyinMeaning
释放 (釋放)shì fàngto release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources); to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions)
发行 (發行)fā xíngto publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
释出 (釋出)shì chūto release; to make available
松开 (鬆開)sōng kāito release; to let go
放走fàng zǒuto release; to set free

Related words

Other words that share a character with 发布.

WordPinyinMeaning
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto 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 xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
宣布 (宣佈)xuān bùvariant of 宣布 (xuān bù)
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant 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.

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