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Chinese symbol for “crony”

团伙
tuán huǒ
Traditional: 團伙
(criminal) gang; gang member; accomplice; crony

The closest CC-CEDICT match for crony is 团伙 (tuán huǒ), defined as: (criminal) gang; gang member; accomplice; crony.

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

团 tuán
sphere, circle, ball; mass, lump; group, regiment; to gather
radical 31 ⼞ · 6 strokes
伙 huǒ
companion, colleague; utensils
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “crony”

WordPinyinMeaning
党徒 (黨徒)dǎng túclique member; henchman

Related words

Other words that share a character with 团伙.

WordPinyinMeaning
集团 (集團)jí tuángroup; bloc
团体 (團體)tuán tǐgroup; organization
团队 (團隊)tuán duìteam
团结 (團結)tuán jiéto unite; unity; solidarity
乐团 (樂團)yuè tuánband; orchestra
代表团 (代表團)dài biǎo tuándelegation; 个 (gè)
伙伴huǒ bànvariant of 伙伴 (huǒ bàn)
家伙 (傢伙)jiā huovariant of 家伙 (jiā huo)

See also: Japanese symbol for “crony”.

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.