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Chinese symbol for “earnings”

收益
shōu yì
earnings; profit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for earnings is 收益 (shōu yì), defined as: earnings; profit.

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

收 shōu
to collect, to gather, to harvest
radical 66 ⽁ · 6 strokes
益 yì
to profit, to benefit; advantage
radical 108 ⽫ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “earnings”

WordPinyinMeaning
进项 (進項)jìn xiangincome; receipts; earnings; revenue

Related words

Other words that share a character with 收益.

WordPinyinMeaning
收入shōu rùto take in; income
收到shōu dàoto receive
收集shōu jíto gather; to collect
收费 (收費)shōu fèito charge a fee
收购 (收購)shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acq
吸收xī shōuto absorb; to assimilate
利益lì yìbenefit; (in sb's) interest
权益 (權益)quán yìrights; interests

See also: Japanese symbol for “earnings”.

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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