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Chinese symbol for “ngo”

民间组织
mín jiān zǔ zhī
Traditional: 民間組織
association; organization; humanitarian organization; NGO

The closest CC-CEDICT match for ngo is 民间组织 (mín jiān zǔ zhī), defined as: association; organization; humanitarian organization; NGO.

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

民 mín
citizens, subjects; a nation's people
radical 83 ⽒ · 5 strokes
间 jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
radical 169 ⾨ · 7 strokes
组 zǔ
to form, to assemble; section, department
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
织 zhī
to knit, to weave; to organize, to unite
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 民间组织.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group
居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
公民gōng míncitizen
农民 (農民)nóng mínpeasant; farmer
时间 (時間)shí jiān(concept of) time; (duration of) time
之间 (之間)zhī jiān(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 (
组织 (組織)zǔ zhīto organize; organization
纺织 (紡織)fǎng zhīspinning and weaving

See also: Japanese symbol for “ngo”.

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.