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Chinese symbol for “process”

加工
jiā gōng
to process; processing; working (of machinery)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for process is 加工 (jiā gōng), defined as: to process; processing; working (of machinery).

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Characters and stroke order

加 jiā
to add to, to increase, to augment
radical 19 ⼒ · 5 strokes
工 gōng
labor, work; laborer, worker
radical 48 ⼯ · 3 strokes

Other Chinese words for “process”

WordPinyinMeaning
过程 (過程)guò chéngcourse of events; process
进程 (進程)jìn chéngcourse of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
经过 (經過)jīng guòto pass; to go through
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish
历程 (歷程)lì chéngcourse; process

Related words

Other words that share a character with 加工.

WordPinyinMeaning
参加 (參加)cān jiāto participate; to take part; to join
增加zēng jiāto raise; to increase
加入jiā rùto become a member; to join
加强 (加強)jiā qiángto reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance
更加gèng jiāmore (than sth else); even more
加上jiā shàngto add; plus; in addition; moreover
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry

See also: Japanese symbol for “process”.

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.