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Chinese symbol for “post”

职务
zhí wù
Traditional: 職務
post; position; job; duties

The closest CC-CEDICT match for post is 职务 (zhí wù), defined as: post; position; job; duties.

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

职 zhí
duty, profession; office, post
radical 128 ⽿ · 11 strokes
务 wù
affairs, business; should; must
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “post”

WordPinyinMeaning
公告gōng gàopost; announcement
岗位 (崗位)gǎng wèia post; a job
邮 (郵)yóupost (office); mail
张贴 (張貼)zhāng tiēto post (a notice); to advertise
发帖 (發帖)fā tiěto post (an item on a forum)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 职务.

WordPinyinMeaning
职业 (職業)zhí yèoccupation; profession; vocation; professional
职工 (職工)zhí gōngemployee; staff member; worker
辞职 (辭職)cí zhíto resign
职责 (職責)zhí zéduty; responsibility
职位 (職位)zhí wèiposition; post; job
服务 (服務)fú wùto serve; service
任务 (任務)rèn wumission; assignment; task; duty; role; 项 (xiàng)
业务 (業務)yè wùbusiness; professional work

See also: Japanese symbol for “post”.

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.