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Chinese symbol for “workers”

劳方
láo fāng
Traditional: 勞方
labor (as opposed to capital or management); the workers

The closest CC-CEDICT match for workers is 劳方 (láo fāng), defined as: labor (as opposed to capital or management); the workers.

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

劳 láo
to labor, to toil; to do manual work
radical 19 ⼒ · 8 strokes
方 fāng
square, rectangle; side; region; flag
radical 70 ⽅ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 劳方.

WordPinyinMeaning
劳动 (勞動)láo dòngwork; toil
劳动力 (勞動力)láo dòng lìlabor force; manpower
劳工 (勞工)láo gōnglabor; laborer
劳动者 (勞動者)láo dòng zhěworker; laborer
劳务 (勞務)láo wùservice (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services")
勤劳 (勤勞)qín láohardworking; industrious; diligent
地方dì fāngregion; regional (away from the central administration)
方式fāng shìway; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc); 种 (zhǒng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “workers”.

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.