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Chinese symbol for “ltd”

株式会社
zhū shì huì shè
Traditional: 株式會社
Japanese limited company; corporation; public company; Ltd

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ltd is 株式会社 (zhū shì huì shè), defined as: Japanese limited company; corporation; public company; Ltd; p.l.c.; Corp.

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

株 zhū
root, stump; measure word for trees
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes
式 shì
formula, pattern, rule, style, system
radical 56 ⼷ · 6 strokes
会 huì
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
社 shè
group, organization, society; a god of the soil
radical 113 ⽰ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 株式会社.

WordPinyinMeaning
植株zhí zhū(agriculture) plant
株连 (株連)zhū liánto involve others (in a crime); guilt by association
毒株dú zhū(virus) strain
守株待兔shǒu zhū dài tùlit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom); to wait idly for opportunities
病株bìng zhūdiseased or infected plant
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)
正式zhèng shìformal; official
模式mó shìmode; pattern; model
社会 (社會)shè huìsociety
社区 (社區)shè qūcommunity; neighborhood

See also: Japanese symbol for “ltd”.

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.