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Chinese symbol for “wages”

工资
gōng zī
Traditional: 工資
wages; pay; measure word: 份 (fèn)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for wages is 工资 (gōng zī), defined as: wages; pay; measure word: 份 (fèn).

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

工 gōng
labor, work; laborer, worker
radical 48 ⼯ · 3 strokes
资 zī
wealth, property, capital
radical 154 ⾙ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “wages”

WordPinyinMeaning
工钱 (工錢)gōng qiánsalary; wages
薪饷 (薪餉)xīn xiǎng(old) (military and police) pay; wages; (Tw) salary
资俸 (資俸)zī fèngsalary; pay
饷银 (餉銀)xiǎng yín(old) pay; wages (esp. for soldiers)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 工资.

WordPinyinMeaning
工作gōng zuòto work; (of a machine) to operate
工业 (工業)gōng yèindustry
工程gōng chéngengineering; an engineering project
工具gōng jùtool; instrument
工人gōng rénworker; 个 (gè),名 (míng)
员工 (員工)yuán gōngstaff; personnel; employee
资料 (資料)zī liàomaterial; resources
资源 (資源)zī yuánnatural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)

See also: Japanese symbol for “wages”.

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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