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Chinese symbol for “collective”

集体
jí tǐ
Traditional: 集體
collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team

The closest CC-CEDICT match for collective is 集体 (jí tǐ), defined as: collective (decision); joint (effort); a group; a team; en masse; as a group.

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

集 jí
to gather, to collect; set, collection
radical 172 ⾫ · 12 strokes
体 tǐ
body; group, class; form, style, system
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “collective”

WordPinyinMeaning
集体户 (集體戶)jí tǐ hùcollective; joint household
大我dà wǒthe collective; the whole

Related words

Other words that share a character with 集体.

WordPinyinMeaning
集团 (集團)jí tuángroup; bloc
集中jí zhōngto concentrate; to centralize
收集shōu jíto gather; to collect
集会 (集會)jí huìto gather; assembly
聚集jù jíto assemble; to gather
媒体 (媒體)méi tǐmedia, esp. news media
身体 (身體)shēn tǐthe body; one's health
体育 (體育)tǐ yùsports; physical education

See also: Japanese symbol for “collective”.

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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