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Chinese symbol for “undertaking”

事业
shì yè
Traditional: 事業
undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause

The closest CC-CEDICT match for undertaking is 事业 (shì yè), defined as: undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career.

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
业 yè
business, profession; to study, to work
radical 1 ⼀ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “undertaking”

WordPinyinMeaning
工程gōng chéngengineering; an engineering project
约定 (約定)yuē dìngto agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain

Related words

Other words that share a character with 事业.

WordPinyinMeaning
事件shì jiànincident; event
事情shì qingaffair; matter; thing; business; measure word: 件 (jiàn), 桩 (zhuāng)
故事gù shìold practice
军事 (軍事)jūn shìmilitary affairs; (attributive) military
事实 (事實)shì shífact; 个 (gè)
企业 (企業)qǐ yècompany; firm; enterprise; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
专业 (專業)zhuān yèspecialty; specialized field
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry

See also: Japanese symbol for “undertaking”.

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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