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Chinese symbol for “vendor”

供货商
gōng huò shāng
Traditional: 供貨商
supplier; vendor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for vendor is 供货商 (gōng huò shāng), defined as: supplier; vendor.

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

供 gōng
to supply, to provide for; to offer in worship
radical 9 ⼈ · 8 strokes
货 huò
products, merchandise; goods, commodities
radical 154 ⾙ · 8 strokes
商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 供货商.

WordPinyinMeaning
提供tí gōngto offer; to supply
供应 (供應)gōng yìngto supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
供给 (供給)gōng jǐto furnish; to provide
供电 (供電)gōng diànto supply electricity
供应商 (供應商)gōng yìng shāngsupplier
供水gōng shuǐto supply water
货币 (貨幣)huò bìcurrency; monetary
货物 (貨物)huò wùgoods; commodity
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade

See also: Japanese symbol for “vendor”.

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.