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Chinese symbol for “corporation”

公司
gōng sī
company; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for corporation is 公司 (gōng sī), defined as: company; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā).

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

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
司 sī
to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
radical 30 ⼝ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “corporation”

WordPinyinMeaning
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
集团 (集團)jí tuángroup; bloc
有限公司yǒu xiàn gōng sīlimited company; corporation
法人fǎ rénlegal person; corporation
株式会社 (株式會社)zhū shì huì shèJapanese limited company; corporation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公司.

WordPinyinMeaning
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
有限公司yǒu xiàn gōng sīlimited company; corporation
司法sī fǎjudicial; (administration of) justice
司机 (司機)sī jīchauffeur; driver
司令sī lìngcommanding officer

See also: Japanese symbol for “corporation”.

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.