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Chinese symbol for “foundation”

基金会
jī jīn huì
Traditional: 基金會
foundation (institution supported by an endowment)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for foundation is 基金会 (jī jīn huì), defined as: foundation (institution supported by an endowment).

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

基 jī
foundation, base
radical 32 ⼟ · 11 strokes
金 jīn
gold, metal; money
radical 167 ⾦ · 8 strokes
会 huì
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “foundation”

WordPinyinMeaning
基础 (基礎)jī chǔbase; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
根基gēn jīfoundation
础 (礎)chǔfoundation; base
基jī(bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry)
氐dǐfoundation; on the whole

Related words

Other words that share a character with 基金会.

WordPinyinMeaning
基础 (基礎)jī chǔbase; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental
基本jī běnbasic; fundamental
基地jī dìbase (of operations, industrial, military, research etc)
基金jī jīnfund
基于 (基於)jī yúbecause of; on the basis of
基层 (基層)jī céngbasic level; grassroots unit
资金 (資金)zī jīnfunds; capital
金融jīn róngbanking; finance
社会 (社會)shè huìsociety

See also: Japanese symbol for “foundation”.

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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