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Chinese symbol for “bystanders”

旁人
páng rén
other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bystanders is 旁人 (páng rén), defined as: other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders.

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

旁 páng
side; beside, close, nearby
radical 70 ⽅ · 10 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 旁人.

WordPinyinMeaning
旁边 (旁邊)páng biānside; adjacent place
一旁yī pángaside; to the side of
旁听 (旁聽)páng tīngto sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer
路旁lù pángroadside
旁观者 (旁觀者)páng guān zhěobserver; spectator
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “bystanders”.

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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