Chinese symbol for “supply”
给
jǐ
Traditional: 給
(bound form) to supply; to provide; (literary) sufficient; abundant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for supply is 给 (jǐ), defined as: (bound form) to supply; to provide; (literary) sufficient; abundant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “supply”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 供应 (供應) | gōng yìng | to supply; to provide (goods, services etc) |
| 补给 (補給) | bǔ jǐ | supply; replenishment |
| 供养 (供養) | gōng yǎng | to supply; to provide for one's elders |
| 供 | gōng | to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of) |
| 提供 | tí gōng | to offer; to supply |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 给.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 给予 (給予) | jǐ yǔ | (literary) to give; to accord; to render |
| 交给 (交給) | jiāo gěi | to give; to deliver; to hand over |
| 送给 (送給) | sòng gěi | to send; to give as a present |
| 供给 (供給) | gōng jǐ | to furnish; to provide |
| 带给 (帶給) | dài gěi | to give to; to provide to |
| 留给 (留給) | liú gěi | to set aside for |
See also: Japanese symbol for “supply”.
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.