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Chinese symbol for “undersecretary”

次官
cì guān
undersecretary; secondary official

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undersecretary is 次官 (cì guān), defined as: undersecretary; secondary official.

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

次 cì
order, sequence; second, next; one after the other
radical 76 ⽋ · 6 strokes
官 guān
official, public servant
radical 40 ⼧ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 次官.

WordPinyinMeaning
一次yī cìfirst; first time
第一次dì yī cìthe first time; for the first time
再次zài cìonce more; once again
首次shǒu cìfirst; first time
多次duō cìmany times; repeatedly
每次měi cìeach time; every time
官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
官员 (官員)guān yuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator

See also: Japanese symbol for “undersecretary”.

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.