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Chinese symbol for “alumna”

校友
xiào yǒu
schoolmate; alumnus; alumna

The closest CC-CEDICT match for alumna is 校友 (xiào yǒu), defined as: schoolmate; alumnus; alumna.

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

校 xiào
school; military field officer
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes
友 yǒu
friend, companion; fraternity
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 校友.

WordPinyinMeaning
学校 (學校)xué xiàoschool; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
校长 (校長)xiào zhǎng(college, university) president; headmaster
校园 (校園)xiào yuáncampus
高校gāo xiàouniversities and colleges; abbr. for 高等學校|高等学校
院校yuàn xiàocollege; academy
校区 (校區)xiào qūcampus
朋友péng youfriend; 个 (gè),位 (wèi)
网友 (網友)wǎng yǒuonline friend; netizen; Internet user

See also: Japanese symbol for “alumna”.

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.