Chinese symbol for “telegram”
电报
diàn bào
Traditional: 電報
telegram; cable; telegraph; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for telegram is 电报 (diàn bào), defined as: telegram; cable; telegraph; measure word: 封 (fēng), 份 (fèn).
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “telegram”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报 (報) | bào | to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply |
| 致电 (致電) | zhì diàn | to phone; to telegram |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 电报.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电话 (電話) | diàn huà | telephone; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 电视 (電視) | diàn shì | television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù) |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
| 电脑 (電腦) | diàn nǎo | computer; 台 (tái) |
| 电视台 (電視台) | diàn shì tái | television station |
| 报告 (報告) | bào gào | to inform; to report |
| 报道 (報道) | bào dào | to report (news); report |
See also: Japanese symbol for “telegram”.
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.