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).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “capital”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city); 个 (gè) |
| 京都 | jīng dū | capital (of a country) |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 本钱 (本錢) | běn qián | capital; (fig.) asset; advantage; the means (to do sth) |
| 本金 | běn jīn | capital; principal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 资本.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 资源 (資源) | zī yuán | natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
| 投资 (投資) | tóu zī | investment; to invest |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 资格 (資格) | zī gé | qualifications; seniority |
| 根本 | gēn běn | fundamental; basic |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
| 版本 | bǎn běn | version; 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.