Chinese symbol for “economy”
经济
jīng jì
Traditional: 經濟
economy; economic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for economy is 经济 (jīng jì), defined as: economy; economic.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “economy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经济体 (經濟體) | jīng jì tǐ | an economy; a country (or region etc) viewed as an economic entity |
| 节约 (節約) | jié yuē | to economize; to conserve (resources) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 经济.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 经过 (經過) | jīng guò | to pass; to go through |
| 经验 (經驗) | jīng yàn | experience; to go through; to experience |
| 曾经 (曾經) | céng jīng | once; already |
| 经历 (經歷) | jīng lì | to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì)) |
| 经济学 (經濟學) | jīng jì xué | economics (as a field of study) |
| 经济学家 (經濟學家) | jīng jì xué jiā | economist |
| 救济 (救濟) | jiù jì | emergency relief; to help the needy with cash or goods |
See also: Japanese symbol for “economy”.
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.