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Chinese symbol for “acquaintance”

熟人
shú rén
acquaintance; friend

The closest CC-CEDICT match for acquaintance is 熟人 (shú rén), defined as: acquaintance; friend.

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

熟 shú
well-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
radical 86 ⽕ · 15 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “acquaintance”

WordPinyinMeaning
相识 (相識)xiāng shíto get to know each other; acquaintance

Related words

Other words that share a character with 熟人.

WordPinyinMeaning
成熟chéng shúmature; ripe; to mature; to ripen
熟悉shú xīto be familiar with; to know well
熟练 (熟練)shú liànpracticed; proficient
熟知shú zhīto be well acquainted with
熟女shú nǚstylish and confident middle-aged woman
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “acquaintance”.

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.