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Chinese symbol for “benchmark”

标竿
biāo gān
Traditional: 標竿
benchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol; pole with a trophy hung on it

The closest CC-CEDICT match for benchmark is 标竿 (biāo gān), defined as: benchmark; pole serving as mark or symbol; pole with a trophy hung on it.

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

标 biāo
mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
radical 75 ⽊ · 9 strokes
竿 gān
bamboo pole; penis
radical 118 ⽵ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “benchmark”

WordPinyinMeaning
基准 (基準)jī zhǔn(surveying) datum; standard; criterion; benchmark
标杆 (標杆)biāo gānsurveyor's pole; post (used for a landmark)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 标竿.

WordPinyinMeaning
目标 (目標)mù biāotarget; goal
标准 (標準)biāo zhǔnstandard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard
标志 (標誌)biāo zhìsign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark
指标 (指標)zhǐ biāo(production) target; quota; index; indicator
标题 (標題)biāo títitle; heading
标签 (標籤)biāo qiānlabel; tag
竹竿zhú gānbamboo pole
立竿见影 (立竿見影)lì gān jiàn yǐng(lit.) set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom); (fig.) to get instant results

See also: Japanese symbol for “benchmark”.

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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