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Chinese symbol for “bureaucrat”

官僚
guān liáo
bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bureaucrat is 官僚 (guān liáo), defined as: bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic.

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

官 guān
official, public servant
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
僚 liáo
companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face
radical 9 ⼈ · 14 strokes

Other Chinese words for “bureaucrat”

WordPinyinMeaning
官吏guān lìbureaucrat; official
僚liáobureaucrat; colleague

Related words

Other words that share a character with 官僚.

WordPinyinMeaning
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
官员 (官員)guān yuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator
法官fǎ guānjudge (in court)
官网 (官網)guān wǎngofficial website (abbr. for 官方网站 (guān fāng wǎng zhàn))
军官 (軍官)jūn guānofficer (military)
器官qì guān(physiology) organ; apparatus
幕僚mù liáoaides and advisors of top officials
同僚tóng liáocolleague; coworker

See also: Japanese symbol for “bureaucrat”.

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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