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Chinese symbol for “expend”

付出
fù chū
to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for expend is 付出 (fù chū), defined as: to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time).

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

付 fù
give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes
出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “expend”

WordPinyinMeaning
销 (銷)xiāoto melt (metal); to cancel; to annul
消耗xiāo hàoto consume; to use up; to deplete; to expend

Related words

Other words that share a character with 付出.

WordPinyinMeaning
支付zhī fùto pay (money)
对付 (對付)duì futo handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do
应付 (應付)yìng futo deal with; to cope
付费 (付費)fù fèito pay; to cover the costs
交付jiāo fùto hand over; to deliver
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose

See also: Japanese symbol for “expend”.

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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