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Chinese symbol for “clerk”

营业员
yíng yè yuán
Traditional: 營業員
clerk; shop assistant; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for clerk is 营业员 (yíng yè yuán), defined as: clerk; shop assistant; 个 (gè).

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

营 yíng
camp, barracks, army; to run, to manage
radical 140 ⾋ · 13 strokes
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “clerk”

WordPinyinMeaning
书记 (書記)shū jisecretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe
文员 (文員)wén yuánoffice worker; clerk
内勤 (內勤)nèi qínclerical work in the office; office work; office staff; clerk
行员 (行員)háng yuán(Tw) staff; clerk; employee (of a bank 银行 (yín háng) or commercial firm 商行 (shāng háng))
文案wén àn(newspapers etc) copy; copywriter

Related words

Other words that share a character with 营业员.

WordPinyinMeaning
经营 (經營)jīng yíngto engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
运营 (運營)yùn yíngto be in operation; to do business
营业 (營業)yíng yèto do business; to trade
营销 (營銷)yíng xiāomarketing
营养 (營養)yíng yǎngnutrition; nourishment
营运 (營運)yíng yùnrunning; operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “clerk”.

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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