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Chinese symbol for “capital”

资本
zī běn
Traditional: 資本
capital (economics)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for capital is 资本 (zī běn), defined as: capital (economics).

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

资 zī
wealth, property, capital
radical 154 ⾙ · 10 strokes
本 běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “capital”

WordPinyinMeaning
首都shǒu dūcapital (city); 个 (gè)
京都jīng dūcapital (of a country)
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
本钱 (本錢)běn qiáncapital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth)
本金běn jīncapital; principal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 资本.

WordPinyinMeaning
资料 (資料)zī liàomaterial; resources
资源 (資源)zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
投资 (投資)tóu zīinvestment; to invest
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
资格 (資格)zī géqualifications; seniority
根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
基本jī běnbasic; fundamental
版本bǎn běnversion; edition

See also: Japanese symbol for “capital”.

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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