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Chinese symbol for “alien”

外星
wài xīng
alien; extraterrestrial

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alien is 外星 (wài xīng), defined as: alien; extraterrestrial.

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

外 wài
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
radical 36 ⼣ · 5 strokes
星 xīng
star, planet; a point of light
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “alien”

WordPinyinMeaning
异己 (異己)yì jǐdissident; alien

Related words

Other words that share a character with 外星.

WordPinyinMeaning
另外lìng wàiadditional; in addition
此外cǐ wàibesides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
外国 (外國)wài guóforeign country
国外 (國外)guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
海外hǎi wàioverseas; abroad
之外zhī wàioutside; excluding
星期xīng qīweek; 个 (gè)
明星míng xīngstar; celebrity

See also: Japanese symbol for “alien”.

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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