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Chinese symbol for “astronaut”

宇航员
yǔ háng yuán
Traditional: 宇航員
astronaut

The closest CC-CEDICT match for astronaut is 宇航员 (yǔ háng yuán), defined as: astronaut.

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

宇 yǔ
building, house, room, structure; space, the universe
radical 40 ⼧ · 6 strokes
航 háng
vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
radical 137 ⾈ · 10 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “astronaut”

WordPinyinMeaning
航天员 (航天員)háng tiān yuánastronaut
太空人tài kōng rénastronaut

Related words

Other words that share a character with 宇航员.

WordPinyinMeaning
宇宙yǔ zhòuuniverse; cosmos; space
庙宇 (廟宇)miào yǔtemple
楼宇 (樓宇)lóu yǔbuilding
宇航yǔ hángspace flight
宇宙飞船 (宇宙飛船)yǔ zhòu fēi chuánspaceship; spacecraft
航空háng kōngaviation
航班háng bān(scheduled) flight; (scheduled) sailing
航线 (航線)háng xiànair or shipping route
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “astronaut”.

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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