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Chinese symbol for “albatross”

信天翁
xìn tiān wēng
albatross (family Diomedeidae)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for albatross is 信天翁 (xìn tiān wēng), defined as: albatross (family Diomedeidae).

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

信 xìn
to trust, to believe; letter, sign
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
天 tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes
翁 wēng
old man; father, father-in-law
radical 124 ⽻ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 信天翁.

WordPinyinMeaning
信息xìn xīinformation; news; message
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
信号 (信號)xìn hàosignal
信仰xìn yǎngto believe in (a religion); firm belief
信任xìn rènto trust; to have confidence in
信心xìn xīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
今天jīn tiāntoday; the present time; now
每天měi tiānevery day
富翁fù wēngrich person; millionaire

See also: Japanese symbol for “albatross”.

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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