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Chinese symbol for “chevron”

人字形
rén zì xíng
V-shape; chevron; herringbone

The closest CC-CEDICT match for chevron is 人字形 (rén zì xíng), defined as: V-shape; chevron; herringbone.

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

人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
字 zì
character, letter, symbol, word
radical 39 ⼦ · 6 strokes
形 xíng
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look
radical 59 ⼺ · 7 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 人字形.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
个人 (個人)gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
人员 (人員)rén yuánstaff; crew
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
数字 (數字)shù zìnumeral; digit
形成xíng chéngto form; to take shape

See also: Japanese symbol for “chevron”.

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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