Chinese symbol for “resource”
资源
zī yuán
Traditional: 資源
natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for resource is 资源 (zī yuán), defined as: natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “resource”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 产 (產) | chǎn | to give birth; to reproduce |
| 筹 (籌) | chóu | chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 资源.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 投资 (投資) | tóu zī | investment; to invest |
| 资金 (資金) | zī jīn | funds; capital |
| 资本 (資本) | zī běn | capital (economics) |
| 资格 (資格) | zī gé | qualifications; seniority |
| 来源 (來源) | lái yuán | source (of information etc); origin |
| 能源 | néng yuán | energy sources; energy |
| 源于 (源於) | yuán yú | has its origins in |
See also: Japanese symbol for “resource”.
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.