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Chinese symbol for “technician”

技术员
jì shù yuán
Traditional: 技術員
technician; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for technician is 技术员 (jì shù yuán), defined as: technician; 个 (gè).

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

技 jì
ability, talent; skill, technique
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
术 shù
skill, art; method, technique; trick
radical 75 ⽊ · 5 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 技术员.

WordPinyinMeaning
技术 (技術)jì shùtechnology; technique; skill; 门 (mén),种 (zhǒng),项 (xiàng)
科技kē jìscience and technology
技能jì néngtechnical ability; skill
技巧jì qiǎoskill; technique
科学技术 (科學技術)kē xué jì shùscience and technology
竞技 (競技)jìng jìcompetition of skill (e.g. sports); athletics tournament
艺术 (藝術)yì shùart
学术 (學術)xué shùlearning; science
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “technician”.

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.