Chinese symbol for “resources”
资
zī
Traditional: 資
resources; capital; to provide; to supply
The closest CC-CEDICT match for resources is 资 (zī), defined as: resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “resources”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 资.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 资料 (資料) | zī liào | material; resources |
| 资源 (資源) | zī yuán | natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “resources”.
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.