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Chinese symbol for “doer”

实干家
shí gàn jiā
Traditional: 實幹家
sb who gets things done; doer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for doer is 实干家 (shí gàn jiā), defined as: sb who gets things done; doer.

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

实 shí
real, true; honest, sincere
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
干 gàn
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
radical 51 ⼲ · 3 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “doer”

WordPinyinMeaning
施事shī shì(linguistics) agent; doer
施事者shī shì zhě(linguistics) agent; doer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 实干家.

WordPinyinMeaning
其实 (其實)qí shíactually; in fact; really
实现 (實現)shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
实施 (實施)shí shīto implement; to carry out
实际 (實際)shí jìreality; practice
确实 (確實)què shíindeed; really
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
干净 (乾淨)gān jìngclean; neat
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “doer”.

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.