字 zì letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[ge4] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China syn 标记 標記 biāo jì sign / mark / symbol / to mark up / (computing) token syn 标志 標誌 biāo zhì sign / mark / symbol / logo / to symbolize / to indicate / to mark syn 象征 象徵 xiàng zhēng emblem / symbol / token / badge / to symbolize / to signify / to stand for syn 符号 符號 fú hào symbol / mark / sign syn 记号 記號 jì hao mark / symbol / notation / seal syn 贝克 貝克 bèi kè becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) (abbr. for 貝克勒爾|贝克勒尔[bei4 ke4 le4 er3]) 爱心 愛心 ài xīn compassion / kindness / care for others / love / CL:片[pian4] / charity (bazaar, golf day etc) / heart (the symbol ♥) syn 弓箭 gōng jiàn bow and arrow 音符 yīn fú (music) note / phonetic component of a Chinese character / phonetic symbol / phonogram 如意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune syn 桂冠 guì guān laurel (as a symbol of victory or merit) syn 红心 紅心 hóng xīn heart ♥ (in card games) / red, heart-shaped symbol / bullseye syn 射箭 shè jiàn archery / to shoot an arrow 绿帽子 綠帽子 lǜ mào zi green hat (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) 图标 圖標 tú biāo graphic symbol / (computing) icon 尾翼 wěi yì empennage (of an aircraft) / fletching (of an arrow) / fins (of a missile, rocket etc) / rear spoiler (of a car) syn 橄榄枝 橄欖枝 gǎn lǎn zhī olive branch / symbol of peace 斜线 斜線 xié xiàn oblique line / slash (symbol) 西格玛 西格瑪 xī gé mǎ sigma (Greek letter Σσ) / (symbol for standard deviation in statistics) 血泪 血淚 xuè lèi tears of blood (symbol of extreme suffering) / blood and tears 红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star 表征 表徵 biǎo zhēng symbol / indicator / representation syn 标竿 標竿 biāo gān benchmark / pole serving as mark or symbol / pole with a trophy hung on it 图例 圖例 tú lì legend (of a map, etc) / diagram / illustration / graphical symbol 强弩之末 強弩之末 qiáng nǔ zhī mò lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom) / fig. spent force syn 音标 音標 yīn biāo phonetic symbol 令箭 lìng jiàn arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority) / fig. instructions from one's superiors syn 象徵 xiàng zhēng emblem / symbol / token 射杀 射殺 shè shā to shoot dead (with a gun, or bow and arrow) 九鼎 jiǔ dǐng the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty 双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness / the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 苏木 蘇木 sū mù sappan wood (Caesalpinia sappan), used in Chinese medicine / administrative subdivision of banner 旗 (county) in Inner Mongolia (Mongol: arrow) 一箭双雕 一箭雙鵰 yī jiàn shuāng diāo lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom) / to kill two birds with one stone syn 太极图 太極圖 tài jí tú diagram of cosmological scheme / Yin-Yang symbol ☯ 迎客松 yíng kè sōng Greeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黃山|黄山[Huang2 shan1] syn 光阴似箭 光陰似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies! syn 皓齿 皓齒 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty) 箭杆 箭桿 jiàn gǎn arrow shaft 箭头键 箭頭鍵 jiàn tóu jiàn arrow key (on keyboard) 桃心 táo xīn heart symbol ♥ 箭 jiàn arrow / CL:支[zhi1] syn 标 標 biāo mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units syn 符 fú mark / sign / talisman / to seal / to correspond to / tally / symbol / written charm / to coincide syn 矢 shǐ arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3] syn 梓 zǐ Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items / (bound form) printing blocks syn 铤 鋌 tǐng big arrow / walk fast 彀 gòu to draw a bow to the full / the range of a bow and arrow / old variant of 夠|够[gou4], enough 黼 fǔ (archaic) motif of axes with black handles and white heads, a symbol of authority embroidered on ceremonial robes 镝 鏑 dí arrow or arrowhead (old) syn 花押 huā yā signature (in grass-style writing) / symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc) syn 矰 zēng arrow with a streamer 菆 zōu arrow / weeds 筈 guā arrow end 开弓不放箭 開弓不放箭 kāi gōng bù fàng jiàn lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom) / fig. to bluff / to be all talk and no action / false bravado 琴瑟不调 琴瑟不調 qín sè bù tiáo out of tune / marital discord, cf qin and se 琴瑟, two string instruments as symbol of marital harmony 掤 bīng arrow-quiver cover 上箭头 上箭頭 shàng jiàn tóu up-pointing arrow 上箭头键 上箭頭鍵 shàng jiàn tóu jiàn up arrow key (on keyboard) 下箭头 下箭頭 xià jiàn tóu down-pointing arrow 下箭头键 下箭頭鍵 xià jiàn tóu jiàn down arrow key (on keyboard) 中箭落马 中箭落馬 zhòng jiàn luò mǎ lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse / to suffer a serious setback (idiom) 亚罗号 亞羅號 yà luó hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War) 亚罗号事件 亞羅號事件 yà luó hào shì jiàn the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War) 右箭头 右箭頭 yòu jiàn tóu right-pointing arrow 右箭头键 右箭頭鍵 yòu jiàn tóu jiàn right arrow key (on keyboard) 契箭 qì jiàn arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders) 左箭头 左箭頭 zuǒ jiàn tóu left-pointing arrow 左箭头键 左箭頭鍵 zuǒ jiàn tóu jiàn left arrow key (on keyboard) 弓箭步 gōng jiàn bù bow-and-arrow step (dance step) 钢箭 鋼箭 gāng jiàn iron arrow 袖箭 xiù jiàn spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve syn 錍 pī flat arrow-head / plow blade / also pr. [pi2] 直溜溜 zhí liū liū straight as an arrow syn 虚发 虛發 xū fā to miss the target (with a bullet or an arrow) 开弓没有回头箭 開弓沒有回頭箭 kāi gōng méi yǒu huí tóu jiàn lit. once you've shot the arrow, there's no getting it back (idiom) / fig. once you started sth, there's no turning back / to have to finish what one started / to be determined to reach one's goals in spite of setbacks 彀中 gòu zhōng within the range of a bow and arrow / (fig.) under sb's control 响箭 響箭 xiǎng jiàn whistling arrow (used in ancient times as a signal) syn 箭矢 jiàn shǐ arrow / CL:支[zhi1] 辐射警告标志 輻射警告標志 fú shè jǐng gào biāo zhì radiation warning symbol 书写符号 書寫符號 shū xiě fú hào writing symbol 卍 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism 囍 xǐ double happiness (similar to 喜喜) / symbol of good luck, esp. marriage 井号 井號 jǐng hào number sign # (punctuation) / hash symbol / pound sign 炼丹八卦炉 煉丹八卦爐 liàn dān bā guà lú eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble 百合花饰 百合花飾 bǎi hé huā shì fleur-de-lis (armorial symbol) 绿头巾 綠頭巾 lǜ tóu jīn green turban (figuratively, a symbol of being a cuckold) syn 股票代号 股票代號 gǔ piào dài hào ticker symbol (to identify share coupon) 蓄须明志 蓄鬚明志 xù xū míng zhì to grow a beard as a symbol of one's determination (as Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳|梅兰芳[Mei2 Lan2 fang1] growing a beard and refusing to perform for the Japanese) 虎头牌 虎頭牌 hǔ tóu pái tiger-head plaque (made of wood and mounted on the front of a yamen 衙門|衙门[ya2men5] during the Qing dynasty as a symbol of authority) 角标 角標 jiǎo biāo subscript or superscript / corner label (on a product, image, document etc) / app icon badge (symbol on the upper-right corner an app icon, such as a red circle to indicate unread messages) 雪山狮子 雪山獅子 xuě shān shī zi Snow lion, mythological animal, a banned symbol of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism 卐 wàn swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany 变音记号 變音記號 biàn yīn jì hao (music) accidental (symbol such as a sharp (♯), flat (♭), natural (♮) etc) 并集 併集 bìng jí union (symbol ∪) (set theory) 牛顿米 牛頓米 niú dùn mǐ newton meter, unit of torque (symbol: N⋅m) 小老鼠 xiǎo lǎo shǔ @ / at symbol 电离辐射警告标志 電離輻射警告標誌 diàn lí fú shè jǐng gào biāo zhì ionizing-radiation warning symbol 贝克勒尔 貝克勒爾 bèi kè lè ěr becquerel (unit of radioactivity, symbol Bq) / abbr. to 貝克|贝克[bei4 ke4] 