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Chinese symbol for “freelancer”

威客
wēi kè
(neologism c. 2005) freelancer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for freelancer is 威客 (wēi kè), defined as: (neologism c. 2005) freelancer.

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Characters and stroke order

威 wēi
might, power, prestige; to dominate
radical 38 ⼥ · 9 strokes
客 kè
guest, traveller; customer
radical 40 ⼧ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 威客.

WordPinyinMeaning
威胁 (威脅)wēi xiéto threaten; to menace
权威 (權威)quán wēiauthority; authoritative
示威shì wēito demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration
威力wēi lìmight; formidable power
示威者shì wēi zhědemonstrator; protester
威望wēi wàngprestige
客户 (客戶)kè hùclient; customer
游客 (遊客)yóu kètraveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player

See also: Japanese symbol for “freelancer”.

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.