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.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “typography”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 印刷业.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 印象 | yìn xiàng | impression (sth that stays in one's mind); a memory |
| 印刷 | yìn shuā | to print; printing |
| 打印 | dǎ yìn | to affix a seal; to stamp |
| 印发 (印發) | yìn fā | to publish; to print and distribute |
| 打印机 (打印機) | dǎ yìn jī | printer |
| 印记 (印記) | yìn jì | imprint; trace |
| 刷新 | shuā xīn | to renovate; to refurbish |
| 刷卡 | shuā kǎ | to use a credit card (or swipe card, smart card etc) |
| 企业 (企業) | qǐ yè | company; 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.