Chinese symbol for “birthday”
生日
shēng rì
birthday; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for birthday is 生日 (shēng rì), defined as: birthday; 个 (gè).
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
Other Chinese words for “birthday”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诞辰 (誕辰) | dàn chén | birthday |
| 华诞 (華誕) | huá dàn | (formal) birthday; anniversary of the founding of an organization |
| 生辰 | shēng chén | birthday |
| 寿辰 (壽辰) | shòu chén | birthday (of an old person) |
| 寿诞 (壽誕) | shòu dàn | birthday (of an old person) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 生日.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live; life |
| 学生 (學生) | xué sheng | student; schoolchild |
| 生产 (生產) | shēng chǎn | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child |
| 产生 (產生) | chǎn shēng | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 今日 | jīn rì | today |
| 日子 | rì zi | day; a (calendar) date |
See also: Japanese symbol for “birthday”.
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.