Chinese symbol for “things”

事体

shì tǐ

Traditional: 事體

things; affairs; decorum

The closest CC-CEDICT match for things is 事体 (shì tǐ), defined as: things; affairs; decorum.

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

事 shì

affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

radical 6 ⼅ · 8 strokes

体 tǐ

body; group, class; form, style, system

radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

體 tǐ

Related words

Other words that share a character with 事体.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
事件	shì jiàn	incident; event
事情	shì qing	affair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事	gù shì	old practice
军事 (軍事)	jūn shì	military affairs; (attributive) military
事实 (事實)	shì shí	fact; 个 (gè)
媒体 (媒體)	méi tǐ	media, esp. news media
身体 (身體)	shēn tǐ	the body; one's health
体育 (體育)	tǐ yù	sports; physical education

See also: Japanese symbol for “things”.

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.