HSK 6 · Ideas

符号 fúhào “symbol” in Chinese

Traditional 符號

What 符号 means

  1. symbol
  2. sign
  3. mark

How to say 符号

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale符fú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale号hào4th tone, falling

符号 in a sentence

  1. 我不知道这个符号代表什么意思。

    Wǒ bù zhīdao zhè ge fúhào dàibiǎo shénme yìsi.

    I don’t know what this symbol stands for.

    Sentence #780069 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 这个符号代表答案正确。

    Zhè ge fúhào dàibiǎo dá'àn zhèngquè.

    This symbol means the answer is correct.

    Sentence #346200 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 感叹号是标点符号。

    Gǎntànhào shì biāodiǎn fúhào.

    An exclamation mark is a punctuation mark.

    Sentence #8842862 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 符号 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 符 (fú) with each of its parts in a different colour
符fúmark
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 付give · fùSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 付 (fù) hints at the sound. Compare it with fú.

The character 号 (hào) with each of its parts in a different colour
号hàoto call out; to command
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 丂part of the characterSound part

How to write 符号

符 11 strokes · 号 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

符号 (fúhào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 符号 (fúhào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 符号

Words with 符

符合fúhé · in keeping with

Words with 号

号hào · number号码hàomǎ · number挂号guàhào · to register (at a hospital)信号xìnhào · signal称号chēnghào · title号召hàozhào · to call on

More words: Ideas & Concepts

分量fènliàng · weight分歧fēnqí · difference (of opinion)负担fùdān · burden幅度fúdù · range复活fùhuó · to come back to life福气fúqi · good fortune高潮gāocháo · climax高峰gāofēng · peak

FAQs

符号 (fúhào) means “symbol” or “sign”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fúhào: fú with a 2nd tone, then hào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 符号 is written 符號. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fuhao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 符号 from the suggestions. Typing fuhao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
符号 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.