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Chinese symbol for “magnate”

财阀
cái fá
Traditional: 財閥
tycoon; magnate; powerful corporation; conglomerate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for magnate is 财阀 (cái fá), defined as: tycoon; magnate; powerful corporation; conglomerate.

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

财 cái
riches, wealth, valuables
radical 154 ⾙ · 7 strokes
阀 fá
clique, valve; a powerful and influential group
radical 169 ⾨ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “magnate”

WordPinyinMeaning
大王dà wángking; magnate
大王dài wangrobber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
巨头 (巨頭)jù tóutycoon; magnate
富商大贾 (富商大賈)fù shāng dà gǔ(idiom) tycoon; magnate
富商巨贾 (富商巨賈)fù shāng jù gǔ(idiom) tycoon; magnate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 财阀.

WordPinyinMeaning
财产 (財產)cái chǎnproperty; assets
财富 (財富)cái fùwealth; riches
财政 (財政)cái zhèngpublic finance; government finance
财务 (財務)cái wùfinancial affairs; finance
财经 (財經)cái jīngfinance and economics
财物 (財物)cái wùproperty; belongings
军阀 (軍閥)jūn fámilitary clique; junta
阀门 (閥門)fá ménvalve (mechanical)

See also: Japanese symbol for “magnate”.

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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