Chinese symbol for “adult”
大人
dà ren
adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
The closest CC-CEDICT match for adult is 大人 (dà ren), defined as: adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “adult”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 成人 | chéng rén | to reach adulthood; an adult |
| 成年 | chéng nián | to grow to adulthood; fully grown; adult |
| 成体 (成體) | chéng tǐ | adult; fully formed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “adult”.
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.