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Chinese symbol for “barber”

理发师
lǐ fà shī
Traditional: 理髮師
barber; hairdresser

The closest CC-CEDICT match for barber is 理发师 (lǐ fà shī), defined as: barber; hairdresser.

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

理 lǐ
science, reason, logic; to manage
radical 96 ⽟ · 11 strokes
发 fà
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
师 shī
teacher, professional, master
radical 50 ⼱ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “barber”

WordPinyinMeaning
理发员 (理髮員)lǐ fà yuánbarber; hairdresser

Related words

Other words that share a character with 理发师.

WordPinyinMeaning
管理guǎn lǐto supervise; to manage
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish
理论 (理論)lǐ lùntheory; 个 (gè)
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend; to understand
总理 (總理)zǒng lǐpremier; prime minister
理由lǐ yóureason; grounds
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher

See also: Japanese symbol for “barber”.

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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