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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

电 diàn
electricity; electric; lightning
radical 102 ⽥ · 5 strokes
报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “telegram”

WordPinyinMeaning
报 (報)bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply
致电 (致電)zhì diànto phone; to telegram

Related words

Other words that share a character with 电报.

WordPinyinMeaning
电影 (電影)diàn yǐngmovie; film; measure word: 部 (bù)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
电视 (電視)diàn shìtelevision; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电子 (電子)diàn zǐelectronic; electron (particle physics)
电脑 (電腦)diàn nǎocomputer; 台 (tái)
电视台 (電視台)diàn shì táitelevision station
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto 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.

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