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Chinese symbol for “productivity”

生产率
shēng chǎn lǜ
Traditional: 生產率
productivity; efficiency of production

The closest CC-CEDICT match for productivity is 生产率 (shēng chǎn lǜ), defined as: productivity; efficiency of production.

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

生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes
产 chǎn
to give birth, to bring forth, to produce
radical 8 ⼇ · 6 strokes
率 lǜ
to command, to lead; rate, ratio, proportion
radical 95 ⽞ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “productivity”

WordPinyinMeaning
生产力 (生產力)shēng chǎn lìproduction capability; productive force
地力dì lìfertility; productivity (of soil or land)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 生产率.

WordPinyinMeaning
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")
生活shēng huóto live; life
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild
生产 (生產)shēng chǎnto produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child
产生 (產生)chǎn shēngto arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
产品 (產品)chǎn pǐngoods; merchandise
产业 (產業)chǎn yèindustry; estate
效率xiào lǜefficiency

See also: Japanese symbol for “productivity”.

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.