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Chinese symbol for “format”

业态
yè tài
Traditional: 業態
(retail industry) format

The closest CC-CEDICT match for format is 业态 (yè tài), defined as: (retail industry) format.

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

业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes
态 tài
manner, bearing, attitude
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “format”

WordPinyinMeaning
版式bǎn shìformat
格式gé shìform; specification
制式zhì shìstandardized; standard (service, method etc)
格式化gé shì huà(computing) to format

Related words

Other words that share a character with 业态.

WordPinyinMeaning
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry
农业 (農業)nóng yèagriculture; farming
产业 (產業)chǎn yèindustry; estate
职业 (職業)zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional
状态 (狀態)zhuàng tàicondition; state; state of affairs
态度 (態度)tài dumanner; bearing

See also: Japanese symbol for “format”.

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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