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Chinese symbol for “thumbnail”

缩略图
suō lüè tú
Traditional: 縮略圖
thumbnail (computing)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for thumbnail is 缩略图 (suō lüè tú), defined as: thumbnail (computing).

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

缩 suō
to withdraw, to shrink, to pull back; abbreviation
radical 120 ⽷ · 14 strokes
略 lüè
approximate, rough; outline, summary; plan, plot
radical 102 ⽥ · 11 strokes
图 tú
diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan
radical 31 ⼞ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “thumbnail”

WordPinyinMeaning
拇指甲mǔ zhǐ jiathumbnail

Related words

Other words that share a character with 缩略图.

WordPinyinMeaning
缩短 (縮短)suō duǎnto shorten; to reduce; to curtail
缩小 (縮小)suō xiǎoto reduce; to decrease; to shrink
压缩 (壓縮)yā suōto compress; compression
收缩 (收縮)shōu suōto pull back; to shrink
缩写 (縮寫)suō xiěabbreviation; to abridge
紧缩 (緊縮)jǐn suō(economics) to reduce; to curtail
战略 (戰略)zhàn lüèstrategy
策略cè lüèstrategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
图片 (圖片)tú piànpicture; photograph; 张 (zhāng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “thumbnail”.

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.