Chinese symbol for “craftsman”
工匠
gōng jiàng
craftsman; artisan
The closest CC-CEDICT match for craftsman is 工匠 (gōng jiàng), defined as: craftsman; artisan.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “craftsman”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 匠 | jiàng | craftsman |
| 匠人 | jiàng rén | craftsman; artisan |
| 艺人 (藝人) | yì rén | entertainer; performing artist; artisan; craftsman |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 工匠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
| 工具 | gōng jù | tool; instrument |
| 工人 | gōng rén | worker; 个 (gè),名 (míng) |
| 员工 (員工) | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 木匠 | mù jiàng | carpenter |
| 铁匠 (鐵匠) | tiě jiang | blacksmith; ironworker |
See also: Japanese symbol for “craftsman”.
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.