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Chinese symbol for “resignation”

辞呈
cí chéng
Traditional: 辭呈
(written) resignation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for resignation is 辞呈 (cí chéng), defined as: (written) resignation.

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Characters and stroke order

辞 cí
words, speech; to resign, to take leave
radical 160 ⾟ · 13 strokes
呈 chéng
to petition, to submit; to appear, to show
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 辞呈.

WordPinyinMeaning
辞职 (辭職)cí zhíto resign
辞去 (辭去)cí qùto resign; to quit
辞典 (辭典)cí diǎnvariant of 词典 (cí diǎn)
言辞 (言辭)yán cíwords; expression
辞退 (辭退)cí tuìto dismiss; to discharge
措辞 (措辭)cuò cíwording; way of expressing something
呈现 (呈現)chéng xiànto appear; to emerge
呈报 (呈報)chéng bàoto (submit a) report

See also: Japanese symbol for “resignation”.

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.