Chinese symbol for “workhouse”
厂
chǎng
Traditional: 廠
factory; yard; depot; workhouse
The closest CC-CEDICT match for workhouse is 厂 (chǎng), defined as: factory; yard; depot; workhouse; works; (industrial) plant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 厂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 工厂 (工廠) | gōng chǎng | factory; measure word: 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò) |
| 厂商 (廠商) | chǎng shāng | manufacturer; producer |
| 发电厂 (發電廠) | fā diàn chǎng | power plant |
| 厂家 (廠家) | chǎng jiā | factory; manufacturer; (coll.) a factory owner; the factory management |
| 电厂 (電廠) | diàn chǎng | electric power plant |
| 厂房 (廠房) | chǎng fáng | a building used as a factory; factory (building); measure word: 座 (zuò), 栋 (dòng) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “workhouse”.
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.