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Chinese symbol for “shopping”

购物
gòu wù
Traditional: 購物
shopping

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shopping is 购物 (gòu wù), defined as: shopping.

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

购 gòu
to buy, to purchase
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “shopping”

WordPinyinMeaning
血拼xuè pīn(loanword) shopping (as a fun pastime)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 购物.

WordPinyinMeaning
购买 (購買)gòu mǎito purchase; to buy
收购 (收購)shōu gòuto purchase or acquire in bulk or at an official level (esp. by a state or organization); to acquire or take over (a company or equity); acq
采购 (採購)cǎi gòuto procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
并购 (併購)bìng gòumerger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition
订购 (訂購)dìng gòuto place an order; to subscribe
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal
物质 (物質)wù zhìmatter; substance

See also: Japanese symbol for “shopping”.

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.

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