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Chinese symbol for “briefcase”

公文包
gōng wén bāo
briefcase; attaché case

The closest CC-CEDICT match for briefcase is 公文包 (gōng wén bāo), defined as: briefcase; attaché case.

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

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
文 wén
culture, literature, writing
radical 67 ⽂ · 4 strokes
包 bāo
wrap, pack, bundle; package
radical 20 ⼓ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “briefcase”

WordPinyinMeaning
皮包pí bāohandbag; briefcase
公事包gōng shì bāo(Tw) briefcase

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公文包.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
文化wén huàculture; civilization
文章wén zhāngarticle; essay
文件wén jiàndocument; file
包括bāo kuòto comprise; to include

See also: Japanese symbol for “briefcase”.

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.