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Chinese symbol for “acquisition”

并购
bìng gòu
Traditional: 併購
merger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition; to take over

The closest CC-CEDICT match for acquisition is 并购 (bìng gòu), defined as: merger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition; to take over.

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

并 bìng
to combine, to annex; also, what's more
radical 51 ⼲ · 6 strokes
购 gòu
to buy, to purchase
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “acquisition”

WordPinyinMeaning
收购 (收購)shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acquisition; takeover
习得 (習得)xí déto learn; to acquire (some skill through practice)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 并购.

WordPinyinMeaning
并且 (並且)bìng qiěand; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition
并非 (並非)bìng fēireally isn't
合并 (合並)hé bìngvariant of 合并 (hé bìng)
并未 (並未)bìng wèi(used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ...; has not actually ...
购买 (購買)gòu mǎito purchase; to buy
收购 (收購)shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acq
采购 (採購)cǎi gòuto procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
购物 (購物)gòu wùshopping

See also: Japanese symbol for “acquisition”.

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.