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Chinese symbol for “attribution”

归功
guī gōng
Traditional: 歸功
to give credit; to give sb his due; attribution

The closest CC-CEDICT match for attribution is 归功 (guī gōng), defined as: to give credit; to give sb his due; attribution.

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

归 guī
to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
radical 58 ⼹ · 5 strokes
功 gōng
achievement, good work; merit; service
radical 19 ⼒ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 归功.

WordPinyinMeaning
回归 (回歸)huí guīto return to; to retreat
归属 (歸屬)guī shǔto belong to; to be affiliated to
归来 (歸來)guī láito return; to come back
归还 (歸還)guī huánto return sth; to revert
归纳 (歸納)guī nàto sum up; to summarize
归于 (歸於)guī yúto belong to; affiliated to
成功chéng gōngto succeed; success
功能gōng néngfunction; capability

See also: Japanese symbol for “attribution”.

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.

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