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Chinese symbol for “autism”

自闭症
zì bì zhèng
Traditional: 自閉症
autism

The closest CC-CEDICT match for autism is 自闭症 (zì bì zhèng), defined as: autism.

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

自 zì
self; private, personal; from
radical 132 ⾃ · 6 strokes
闭 bì
to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block
radical 169 ⾨ · 6 strokes
症 zhèng
ailment, disease, illness
radical 104 ⽧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “autism”

WordPinyinMeaning
孤独症 (孤獨症)gū dú zhèngautism

Related words

Other words that share a character with 自闭症.

WordPinyinMeaning
自己zì jǐoneself; (attributive) one's own
自由zì yóufreedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
来自 (來自)lái zìto come from (a place); From: (in email header)
自然zì ránnature; natural
自动 (自動)zì dòngautomatic; voluntarily
自身zì shēnitself; oneself
关闭 (關閉)guān bìto close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down
封闭 (封閉)fēng bìto close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue)
症状 (症狀)zhèng zhuàngsymptom (of an illness)

See also: Japanese symbol for “autism”.

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.