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Chinese symbol for “payday”

发薪日
fā xīn rì
Traditional: 發薪日
payday

The closest CC-CEDICT match for payday is 发薪日 (fā xīn rì), defined as: payday.

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

发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
薪 xīn
fuel, firewood; salary
radical 140 ⾋ · 16 strokes
日 rì
sun; day; daytime
radical 72 ⽇ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “payday”

WordPinyinMeaning
发工资日 (發工資日)fā gōng zī rìpayday

Related words

Other words that share a character with 发薪日.

WordPinyinMeaning
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
薪水xīn shuǐsalary; wage
月薪yuè xīnmonthly income (in kind)
薪资 (薪資)xīn zīsalary
今日jīn rìtoday

See also: Japanese symbol for “payday”.

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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