Chinese symbol for “backer”

靠山

kào shān

patron; backer; close to a mountain

The closest CC-CEDICT match for backer is 靠山 (kào shān), defined as: patron; backer; close to a mountain.

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

靠 kào

nearby; to depend on, to lean on, to trust

radical 175 ⾮ · 15 strokes

山 shān

mountain, hill, peak

radical 46 ⼭ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 靠山.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
依靠	yī kào	to rely on; to depend on
可靠	kě kào	reliable
靠近	kào jìn	to be close to; to approach; to draw near
可靠性	kě kào xìng	reliability
靠拢 (靠攏)	kào lǒng	to draw close to
停靠	tíng kào	to call at; to stop at
山区 (山區)	shān qū	mountain area; 个 (gè)
火山	huǒ shān	volcano

See also: Japanese symbol for “backer”.

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.