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).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “foundation”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基础 (基礎) | jī chǔ | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental |
| 根基 | gēn jī | foundation |
| 础 (礎) | chǔ | foundation; base |
| 基 | jī | (bound form) base; foundation; (bound form) radical (chemistry) |
| 氐 | dǐ | foundation; on the whole |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 基金会.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 基础 (基礎) | jī chǔ | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental |
| 基本 | jī běn | basic; fundamental |
| 基地 | jī dì | base (of operations, industrial, military, research etc) |
| 基金 | jī jīn | fund |
| 基于 (基於) | jī yú | because of; on the basis of |
| 基层 (基層) | jī céng | basic level; grassroots unit |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 金融 | jīn róng | banking; finance |
| 社会 (社會) | shè huì | society |
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.