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Chinese symbol for “internship”

实习
shí xí
Traditional: 實習
to practice; field work; to intern; internship

The closest CC-CEDICT match for internship is 实习 (shí xí), defined as: to practice; field work; to intern; internship.

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

实 shí
real, true; honest, sincere
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes
习 xí
to study, to practice; habit
radical 5 ⼄ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 实习.

WordPinyinMeaning
其实 (其實)qí shíactually; in fact; really
实现 (實現)shí xiànto achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
实施 (實施)shí shīto implement; to carry out
实际 (實際)shí jìreality; practice
确实 (確實)què shíindeed; really
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
学习 (學習)xué xíto learn; to study
习惯 (習慣)xí guànhabit; custom

See also: Japanese symbol for “internship”.

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.