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Chinese symbol for “secretariat”

秘书处
mì shū chù
Traditional: 秘書處
secretariat

The closest CC-CEDICT match for secretariat is 秘书处 (mì shū chù), defined as: secretariat.

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

秘 mì
secret, mysterious, abstruse
radical 115 ⽲ · 10 strokes
书 shū
book, letter, document; writing
radical 5 ⼄ · 4 strokes
处 chù
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
radical 34 ⼡ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “secretariat”

WordPinyinMeaning
书记处 (書記處)shū ji chùsecretariat
文书 (文書)wén shūdocument; official correspondence

Related words

Other words that share a character with 秘书处.

WordPinyinMeaning
秘密mì mìsecret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
秘书 (秘書)mì shūsecretary
神秘shén mìmysterious; mystery
秘书长 (秘書長)mì shū zhǎngsecretary-general
揭秘jiē mìto reveal a secret
秘诀 (祕訣)mì juévariant of 秘诀 (mì jué)
书记 (書記)shū jisecretary (head of a Communist Party or Communist Youth League organization); clerk; scribe
图书馆 (圖書館)tú shū guǎnlibrary; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish

See also: Japanese symbol for “secretariat”.

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.