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Chinese symbol for “videotape”

录像
lù xiàng
Traditional: 錄像
to videotape; to videorecord; video recording; 盘 (pán)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for videotape is 录像 (lù xiàng), defined as: to videotape; to videorecord; video recording; 盘 (pán).

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

录 lù
to copy, to record, to write down
radical 58 ⼹ · 8 strokes
像 xiàng
picture, image, figure; to resemble
radical 9 ⼈ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “videotape”

WordPinyinMeaning
录影 (錄影)lù yǐngto videotape; to videorecord
摄像 (攝像)shè xiàngto videotape
录像带 (錄像帶)lù xiàng dàivideotape; video cassette; 盘 (pán)
录影带 (錄影帶)lù yǐng dài(Tw) videotape; video cassette; 盘 (pán)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 录像.

WordPinyinMeaning
记录 (記錄)jì lùto record; record (esp. a written account)
纪录 (紀錄)jì lùvariant of 记录 (jì lù); (Note: In mainland China, 纪录 is preferred for the sense "record (e.g. in sports)". In Taiwan, 紀錄 is generally preferr
目录 (目錄)mù lùcatalog; table of contents
录音 (錄音)lù yīnto record sound; an audio recording (CL:段 (duàn))
纪录片 (紀錄片)jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
图像 (圖像)tú xiàngimage; picture; graphic
偶像ǒu xiàngidol

See also: Japanese symbol for “videotape”.

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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