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Chinese symbol for “franchise”

经销商
jīng xiāo shāng
Traditional: 經銷商
dealer; seller; distributor; broker

The closest CC-CEDICT match for franchise is 经销商 (jīng xiāo shāng), defined as: dealer; seller; distributor; broker; agency; franchise (i.e. company).

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

经 jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
销 xiāo
to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell
radical 167 ⾦ · 12 strokes
商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “franchise”

WordPinyinMeaning
特许权 (特許權)tè xǔ quánpatent; franchise

Related words

Other words that share a character with 经销商.

WordPinyinMeaning
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready
经济 (經濟)jīng jìeconomy; economic
经过 (經過)jīng guòto pass; to go through
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
曾经 (曾經)céng jīngonce; already
经历 (經歷)jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì))
销售 (銷售)xiāo shòuto sell; to market
撤销 (撤銷)chè xiāoto cancel; to revoke; to rescind; (computing) to undo
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade

See also: Japanese symbol for “franchise”.

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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