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Chinese symbol for “engineering”

工程
gōng chéng
engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking

The closest CC-CEDICT match for engineering is 工程 (gōng chéng), defined as: engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking; 个 (gè),项 (xiàng).

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

工 gōng
labor, work; laborer, worker
radical 48 ⼯ · 3 strokes
程 chéng
process, rules; journey, trip; agenda, schedule
radical 115 ⽲ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “engineering”

WordPinyinMeaning
工程学 (工程學)gōng chéng xuéengineering
工学 (工學)gōng xuéengineering; industrial science

Related words

Other words that share a character with 工程.

WordPinyinMeaning
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry
工具gōng jùtool; instrument
工人gōng rénworker; 个 (gè),名 (míng)
员工 (員工)yuán gōngstaff; personnel; employee
过程 (過程)guò chéngcourse of events; process
程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent
程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence

See also: Japanese symbol for “engineering”.

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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