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Chinese symbol for “profiteering”

居奇
jū qí
to hoard; to speculate; profiteering

The closest CC-CEDICT match for profiteering is 居奇 (jū qí), defined as: to hoard; to speculate; profiteering.

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

居 jū
to live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
radical 44 ⼫ · 8 strokes
奇 qí
strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult
radical 37 ⼤ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 居奇.

WordPinyinMeaning
居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
居住jū zhùto reside; to dwell
居然jū ránunexpectedly; to one's surprise
邻居 (鄰居)lín jūneighbor
定居dìng jūto settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence
位居wèi jūto be located at
奇怪qí guàistrange; odd
传奇 (傳奇)chuán qílegendary; fantasy saga

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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