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Chinese symbol for “operation”

行动
xíng dòng
Traditional: 行動
operation; action; 个 (gè); to move about

The closest CC-CEDICT match for operation is 行动 (xíng dòng), defined as: operation; action; 个 (gè); to move about; mobile.

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

行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “operation”

WordPinyinMeaning
手术 (手術)shǒu shù(surgical) operation; surgery
作业 (作業)zuò yèschool assignment; homework
运营 (運營)yùn yíngto be in operation; to do business
营运 (營運)yíng yùnrunning; operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
运算 (運算)yùn suànto perform calculations; (mathematical) operation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 行动.

WordPinyinMeaning
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
行为 (行為)xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
银行 (銀行)yín hángbank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal

See also: Japanese symbol for “operation”.

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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