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Chinese symbol for “decade”

秩
zhì
(literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order; orderliness; (literary) decade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for decade is 秩 (zhì), defined as: (literary) salary according to rank; (literary) an official's rank; (literary) order; orderliness; (literary) decade.

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

秩 zhì
order; ordered
radical 115 ⽲ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 秩.

WordPinyinMeaning
秩序zhì xùorder; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
公共秩序gōng gòng zhì xùpublic order
秩序井然zhì xù jǐng ránin perfect order
禄秩 (祿秩)lù zhìofficial rank and pay
品秩pǐn zhì(old) rank and salary of an official post
无秩序 (無秩序)wú zhì xùdisorder

See also: Japanese symbol for “decade”.

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.

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