King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Chinese symbol for “remuneration”

报酬
bào chou
Traditional: 報酬
reward; remuneration

The closest CC-CEDICT match for remuneration is 报酬 (bào chou), defined as: reward; remuneration.

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

报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
酬 chou
to toast, to entertain; to reward, to compensate
radical 164 ⾣ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “remuneration”

WordPinyinMeaning
薪酬xīn chóupay; remuneration
润 (潤)rùnmoist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate
酬金chóu jīnmonetary reward; remuneration

Related words

Other words that share a character with 报酬.

WordPinyinMeaning
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
情报 (情報)qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
薪酬xīn chóupay; remuneration
应酬 (應酬)yìng chouto engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement

See also: Japanese symbol for “remuneration”.

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.