Chinese symbol for “seniority”
资格
zī gé
Traditional: 資格
qualifications; seniority
The closest CC-CEDICT match for seniority is 资格 (zī gé), defined as: qualifications; seniority.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “seniority”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 排行 | pái háng | to rank; ranking |
| 资历 (資歷) | zī lì | qualifications; experience |
| 年资 (年資) | nián zī | age and experience; seniority |
| 长幼 (長幼) | zhǎng yòu | older and younger; seniority |
| 行辈 (行輩) | háng bèi | generation and age ranking; seniority |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 资格.
| 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) |
| 价格 (價格) | jià gé | price |
| 风格 (風格) | fēng gé | style |
| 严格 (嚴格) | yán gé | strict; stringent; tight; rigorous |
See also: Japanese symbol for “seniority”.
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.