Chinese symbol for “signal”
信号
xìn hào
Traditional: 信號
signal
The closest CC-CEDICT match for signal is 信号 (xìn hào), defined as: signal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “signal”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 讯号 (訊號) | xùn hào | signal |
| 号 (號) | hào | (literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet |
| 号志 (號誌) | hào zhì | signal; sign (traffic control etc) |
| 信标 (信標) | xìn biāo | a signal |
| 手势 (手勢) | shǒu shì | gesture; sign; signal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 信号.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 信仰 | xìn yǎng | to believe in (a religion); firm belief |
| 信任 | xìn rèn | to trust; to have confidence in |
| 信心 | xìn xīn | confidence; faith (in sb or sth) |
| 号码 (號碼) | hào mǎ | number; measure word: 堆 (duī), 个 (gè) |
| 口号 (口號) | kǒu hào | slogan; catchphrase |
| 账号 (賬號) | zhàng hào | account number; account; username |
See also: Japanese symbol for “signal”.
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.