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Chinese symbol for “conference”

座谈会
zuò tán huì
Traditional: 座談會
conference; symposium; rap session

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conference is 座谈会 (zuò tán huì), defined as: conference; symposium; rap session.

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

座 zuò
seat; stand, base
radical 53 ⼴ · 10 strokes
谈 tán
to talk, to chat; conversation; surname
radical 149 ⾔ · 10 strokes
会 huì
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “conference”

WordPinyinMeaning
会议 (會議)huì yìmeeting; conference
谈判 (談判)tán pànto negotiate; negotiation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 座谈会.

WordPinyinMeaning
座位zuò wèiseat; 个 (gè)
讲座 (講座)jiǎng zuòcourse of lectures; lecture series; chair (academic position)
星座xīng zuòconstellation; astrological sign
座谈 (座談)zuò tánto have an informal discussion; measure word: 次 (cì)
座椅zuò yǐseat
谈判 (談判)tán pànto negotiate; negotiation
谈话 (談話)tán huàto talk (with sb); to have a conversation
谈论 (談論)tán lùnto discuss; to talk about
社会 (社會)shè huìsociety

See also: Japanese symbol for “conference”.

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.