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Chinese symbol for “cooperative”

合作社
hé zuò shè
cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cooperative is 合作社 (hé zuò shè), defined as: cooperative; workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc.

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

合 hé
to combine, to join, to unite; to gather
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes
作 zuò
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
社 shè
group, organization, society; a god of the soil
radical 113 ⽰ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “cooperative”

WordPinyinMeaning
合营 (合營)hé yíngto operate jointly; a joint venture

Related words

Other words that share a character with 合作社.

WordPinyinMeaning
合作hé zuòto cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
综合 (綜合)zōng hécomprehensive; composite
结合 (結合)jié héto combine; to link
联合 (聯合)lián héto combine; to join
合法hé fǎlawful; legitimate
适合 (適合)shì héto fit; to suit
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
作为 (作為)zuò wéione's conduct; deed
社会 (社會)shè huìsociety

See also: Japanese symbol for “cooperative”.

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.