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Chinese symbol for “performance”

绩效
jì xiào
Traditional: 績效
performance; results; achievement

The closest CC-CEDICT match for performance is 绩效 (jì xiào), defined as: performance; results; achievement.

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

绩 jì
achievements, merit
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes
效 xiào
result, effect; effective
radical 66 ⽁ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “performance”

WordPinyinMeaning
性能xìng néngfunction; performance; behavior
表现 (表現)biǎo xiànto show; to show off
表演biǎo yǎnplay; show
演出yǎn chūto act (in a play); to perform
业绩 (業績)yè jìachievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results

Related words

Other words that share a character with 绩效.

WordPinyinMeaning
成绩 (成績)chéng jìachievement; performance records
业绩 (業績)yè jìachievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results
政绩 (政績)zhèng jì(political) achievements; track record
功绩 (功績)gōng jìfeat; contribution
战绩 (戰績)zhàn jìmilitary achievements; (fig.) record of performance in a competitive field (esp. win-loss record in sports)
有效yǒu xiàoeffective; in effect
效果xiào guǒresult; effect
效应 (效應)xiào yìngeffect (scientific phenomenon)

See also: Japanese symbol for “performance”.

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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