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Chinese symbol for “care”

关怀
guān huái
Traditional: 關懷
care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about

The closest CC-CEDICT match for care is 关怀 (guān huái), defined as: care; solicitude; to show care for; concerned about; attentive to.

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

关 guān
frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation
radical 12 ⼋ · 6 strokes
怀 huái
bosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
radical 61 ⼼ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “care”

WordPinyinMeaning
照护 (照護)zhào hùcare; treatment (e.g. nursing care)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 关怀.

WordPinyinMeaning
关系 (關係)guān xirelation; relationship; connection; to concern; to involve; to affect
关于 (關於)guān yúpertaining to; concerning
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
相关 (相關)xiāng guānrelated; relevant
机关 (機關)jī guānmechanism; gear; machine-operated
怀疑 (懷疑)huái yíto doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that
怀孕 (懷孕)huái yùnpregnant; to have conceived
怀念 (懷念)huái niànto cherish the memory of; to think of

See also: Japanese symbol for “care”.

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.