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Chinese symbol for “lease”

租用
zū yòng
to lease; to hire; to rent (sth from sb)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lease is 租用 (zū yòng), defined as: to lease; to hire; to rent (sth from sb).

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

租 zū
to rent, to lease; tax, rent
radical 115 ⽲ · 10 strokes
用 yòng
to use, to employ, to apply; use
radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lease”

WordPinyinMeaning
租约 (租約)zū yuēlease
租赁 (租賃)zū lìnto rent; to lease; to hire
租借zū jièto rent; to lease
承租chéng zūto rent; to lease
僦jiù(literary) to rent; to hire; to lease

Related words

Other words that share a character with 租用.

WordPinyinMeaning
出租车 (出租車)chū zū chētaxi; (Tw) rental car
出租chū zūto rent
租赁 (租賃)zū lìnto rent; to lease; to hire
租金zū jīnrent
房租fáng zūrent for a room or house
租借zū jièto rent; to lease
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of

See also: Japanese symbol for “lease”.

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.