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Chinese symbol for “bureau”

办事处
bàn shì chù
Traditional: 辦事處
office; agency; bureau

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bureau is 办事处 (bàn shì chù), defined as: office; agency; bureau.

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

办 bàn
to set up; to manage, to run; to deal with, to handle
radical 19 ⼒ · 4 strokes
事 shì
affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes
处 chù
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
radical 34 ⼡ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bureau”

WordPinyinMeaning
处 (處)chù(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect
署shǔoffice; bureau

Related words

Other words that share a character with 办事处.

WordPinyinMeaning
办法 (辦法)bàn fǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem; 条 (tiáo)
举办 (舉辦)jǔ bànto conduct; to hold (an event)
办公室 (辦公室)bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises
怎么办 (怎麼辦)zěn me bànwhat's to be done
办理 (辦理)bàn lǐto handle; to transact; to conduct
主办 (主辦)zhǔ bànto organize; to host (a conference or sports event)
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish

See also: Japanese symbol for “bureau”.

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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