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Chinese symbol for “welfare”

福利
fú lì
benefit (provided by an employer or organization); (social) welfare

The closest CC-CEDICT match for welfare is 福利 (fú lì), defined as: benefit (provided by an employer or organization); (social) welfare.

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

福 fú
happiness, good fortune, blessings
radical 113 ⽰ · 14 strokes
利 lì
gains, advantage, profit, merit
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “welfare”

WordPinyinMeaning
福祉fú zhǐwell-being; welfare

Related words

Other words that share a character with 福利.

WordPinyinMeaning
幸福xìng fúhappiness; happy
祝福zhù fúblessings; to wish sb well
福音fú yīngood news; glad tidings
福田fú tiánfield for growing happiness; domain for practices leading to enlightenment (Buddhism)
造福zào fúto benefit (e.g. the people)
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of
权利 (權利)quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
利益lì yìbenefit; (in sb's) interest

See also: Japanese symbol for “welfare”.

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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