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Chinese symbol for “manager”

经理
jīng lǐ
Traditional: 經理
manager; director; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for manager is 经理 (jīng lǐ), defined as: manager; director; 个 (gè),位 (wèi),名 (míng).

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

经 jīng
the classics; to experience, to undergo
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
理 lǐ
science, reason, logic; to manage
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “manager”

WordPinyinMeaning
管理员 (管理員)guǎn lǐ yuánmanager; administrator
干部 (幹部)gàn bùcadre; official
主管zhǔ guǎnin charge; responsible for
经纪 (經紀)jīng jìto manage (a business); manager
经纪人 (經紀人)jīng jì rénbroker; middleman

Related words

Other words that share a character with 经理.

WordPinyinMeaning
已经 (已經)yǐ jīngalready
经济 (經濟)jīng jìeconomy; economic
经过 (經過)jīng guòto pass; to go through
经验 (經驗)jīng yànexperience; to go through; to experience
曾经 (曾經)céng jīngonce; already
经历 (經歷)jīng lìto experience; to go through; experience (CL:段 (duàn),次 (cì))
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish

See also: Japanese symbol for “manager”.

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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