Chinese symbol for “agency”
社
shè
(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
The closest CC-CEDICT match for agency is 社 (shè), defined as: (bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “agency”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 机构 (機構) | jī gòu | mechanism; structure |
| 办事处 (辦事處) | bàn shì chù | office; agency; bureau |
| 机关 (機關) | jī guān | mechanism; gear; machine-operated |
| 中介 | zhōng jiè | to act as intermediary; to link |
| 经销商 (經銷商) | jīng xiāo shāng | dealer; seller |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 社.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 社会 (社會) | shè huì | society |
| 社区 (社區) | shè qū | community; neighborhood |
| 社会主义 (社會主義) | shè huì zhǔ yì | socialism |
| 社交 | shè jiāo | social interaction |
| 出版社 | chū bǎn shè | publishing house |
| 社团 (社團) | shè tuán | association; society |
See also: Japanese symbol for “agency”.
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.