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Chinese symbol for “laurels”

功劳簿
gōng láo bù
Traditional: 功勞簿
record of achievements; (fig.) laurels (as sth one rests on)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for laurels is 功劳簿 (gōng láo bù), defined as: record of achievements; (fig.) laurels (as sth one rests on).

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

功 gōng
achievement, good work; merit; service
radical 19 ⼒ · 5 strokes
劳 láo
to labor, to toil; to do manual work
radical 19 ⼒ · 8 strokes
簿 bù
register, notebook, account book
radical 118 ⽵ · 19 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “laurels”

WordPinyinMeaning
老本lǎo běncapital; assets

Related words

Other words that share a character with 功劳簿.

WordPinyinMeaning
成功chéng gōngto succeed; success
功能gōng néngfunction; capability
功夫gōng fuskill; art
功率gōng lǜpower (rate of doing work, measured in watts)
功效gōng xiàoefficacy
功课 (功課)gōng kèhomework; assignment
劳动 (勞動)láo dòngwork; toil
劳动力 (勞動力)láo dòng lìlabor force; manpower
相簿xiàng bùphoto album

See also: Japanese symbol for “laurels”.

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.

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