Chinese symbol for “industrious”
孳
zī
industrious; produce; bear
The closest CC-CEDICT match for industrious is 孳 (zī), defined as: industrious; produce; bear.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “industrious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 勤劳 (勤勞) | qín láo | hardworking; industrious; diligent |
| 勤 | qín | diligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant |
| 辛勤 | xīn qín | hardworking; industrious |
| 用功 | yòng gōng | diligent; industrious (in one's studies) |
| 勤勉 | qín miǎn | diligence; diligent |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 孳.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 孳生 | zī shēng | to breed; to multiply |
| 孳息 | zī xī | interest (from an investment, esp. an endowment) |
| 孳乳 | zī rǔ | to multiply (kinds, difficulties); to reproduce |
| 孳孳 | zī zī | variant of 孜孜 (zī zī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “industrious”.
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.