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Chinese symbol for “costs”

成本
chéng běn
(manufacturing, production etc) costs

The closest CC-CEDICT match for costs is 成本 (chéng běn), defined as: (manufacturing, production etc) costs.

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

成 chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
radical 62 ⼽ · 7 strokes
本 běn
root, origin, source; basis
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “costs”

WordPinyinMeaning
词讼费 (詞訟費)cí sòng fèilegal fees; costs (of a lawsuit)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 成本.

WordPinyinMeaning
成为 (成為)chéng wéito become; to turn into
完成wán chéngto complete; to accomplish
成功chéng gōngto succeed; success
成立chéng lìto establish; to set up
造成zào chéngto bring about; to create; to cause
成员 (成員)chéng yuánmember
根本gēn běnfundamental; basic
基本jī běnbasic; fundamental

See also: Japanese symbol for “costs”.

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.