Chinese symbol for “inventory”
库存
kù cún
Traditional: 庫存
property or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory
The closest CC-CEDICT match for inventory is 库存 (kù cún), defined as: property or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “inventory”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 存货 (存貨) | cún huò | stock; inventory (of material) |
| 清册 (清冊) | qīng cè | detailed list; inventory |
| 查点 (查點) | chá diǎn | to check; to tally |
| 备货 (備貨) | bèi huò | to stock goods (for sale); to prepare inventory; stock; inventory |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 库存.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仓库 (倉庫) | cāng kù | depot; storehouse |
| 数据库 (數據庫) | shù jù kù | (computing) database |
| 水库 (水庫) | shuǐ kù | reservoir; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 文库 (文庫) | wén kù | collection of documents; library |
| 智库 (智庫) | zhì kù | think tank; intellectual resource |
| 存在 | cún zài | to exist; to be |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist; to survive |
| 保存 | bǎo cún | to conserve; to preserve; to keep; to store; (computing) to save (a file etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “inventory”.
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.