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Chinese symbol for “jargon”

行话
háng huà
Traditional: 行話
jargon; language of the trade

The closest CC-CEDICT match for jargon is 行话 (háng huà), defined as: jargon; language of the trade.

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

行 háng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
话 huà
talk, speech; language, dialect
radical 149 ⾔ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “jargon”

WordPinyinMeaning
哤mángjargon
行语 (行語)háng yǔslang; jargon

Related words

Other words that share a character with 行话.

WordPinyinMeaning
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
行为 (行為)xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
银行 (銀行)yín hángbank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
电话 (電話)diàn huàtelephone; measure word: 部 (bù)
的话 (的話)de huàif (coming after a conditional clause)

See also: Japanese symbol for “jargon”.

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.