Chinese symbol for “employee”
职工
zhí gōng
Traditional: 職工
employee; staff member; worker
The closest CC-CEDICT match for employee is 职工 (zhí gōng), defined as: employee; staff member; worker.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “employee”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雇员 (雇員) | gù yuán | employee |
| 从业人员 (從業人員) | cóng yè rén yuán | employee; person employed in a trade or profession |
| 员工 (員工) | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 打工仔 | dǎ gōng zǎi | young worker; employee |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 职工.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 职业 (職業) | zhí yè | occupation; profession; vocation; professional |
| 职务 (職務) | zhí wù | post; position |
| 辞职 (辭職) | cí zhí | to resign |
| 职责 (職責) | zhí zé | duty; responsibility |
| 职位 (職位) | zhí wèi | position; post; job |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 工业 (工業) | gōng yè | industry |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
See also: Japanese symbol for “employee”.
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.