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Chinese symbol for “typography”

印刷业
yìn shuā yè
Traditional: 印刷業
typography; printing business

The closest CC-CEDICT match for typography is 印刷业 (yìn shuā yè), defined as: typography; printing business.

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

印 yìn
print; mark; seal, stamp
radical 26 ⼙ · 6 strokes
刷 shuā
brush; to clean, to scrub
radical 18 ⼑ · 8 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “typography”

WordPinyinMeaning
活版huó bǎntypography; movable type
凸版印刷tū bǎn yìn shuārelief printing; typography

Related words

Other words that share a character with 印刷业.

WordPinyinMeaning
印象yìn xiàngimpression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory
印刷yìn shuāto print; printing
打印dǎ yìnto affix a seal; to stamp
印发 (印發)yìn fāto publish; to print and distribute
打印机 (打印機)dǎ yìn jīprinter
印记 (印記)yìn jìimprint; trace
刷新shuā xīnto renovate; to refurbish
刷卡shuā kǎto use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc)
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)

See also: Japanese symbol for “typography”.

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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