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Chinese symbol for “attendance”

勤
qín
diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for attendance is 勤 (qín), defined as: diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty; attendance.

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

勤 qín
industrious, diligent, attentive
radical 19 ⼒ · 13 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 勤.

WordPinyinMeaning
后勤 (後勤)hòu qínlogistics
勤劳 (勤勞)qín láohardworking; industrious; diligent
勤奋 (勤奮)qín fènhardworking; diligent
通勤tōng qíncommuting
辛勤xīn qínhardworking; industrious
勤务 (勤務)qín wùservice; duties

See also: Japanese symbol for “attendance”.

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.