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Chinese symbol for “brethren”

弟兄们
dì xiōng men
Traditional: 弟兄們
brothers; comrades; men; brethren

The closest CC-CEDICT match for brethren is 弟兄们 (dì xiōng men), defined as: brothers; comrades; men; brethren.

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

弟 dì
young brother, junior
radical 57 ⼸ · 7 strokes
兄 xiōng
elder brother
radical 10 ⼉ · 5 strokes
们 men
plural marker for pronouns and some nouns
radical 9 ⼈ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 弟兄们.

WordPinyinMeaning
兄弟xiōng dìbrothers; younger brother
弟弟dì diyounger brother; 个 (gè),位 (wèi)
弟子dì zǐdisciple; follower
徒弟tú dìapprentice; disciple
弟兄dì xiongbrothers; comrade
小弟xiǎo dìlittle brother; I, your little brother (humble)
兄妹xiōng mèibrother(s) and sister(s)
兄长 (兄長)xiōng zhǎngelder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
我们 (我們)wǒ menwe; us; ourselves

See also: Japanese symbol for “brethren”.

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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