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Chinese symbol for “correspondent”

通讯员
tōng xùn yuán
Traditional: 通訊員
correspondent; reporter; messenger boy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for correspondent is 通讯员 (tōng xùn yuán), defined as: correspondent; reporter; messenger boy.

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

通 tōng
to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
radical 162 ⾡ · 11 strokes
讯 xùn
news, information; to question, to interrogate
radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 通讯员.

WordPinyinMeaning
通过 (通過)tōng guòto pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation)
交通jiāo tōngto be connected; traffic
通常tōng chángregular; usual; normal; usually; normally
普通pǔ tōngcommon; ordinary
通知tōng zhīto notify; to inform
沟通 (溝通)gōu tōngto join; to connect; to link up; to communicate
资讯 (資訊)zī xùninformation
通讯 (通訊)tōng xùncommunications; news story
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “correspondent”.

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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