Chinese symbol for “cousin”

表亲

biǎo qīn

Traditional: 表親

cousin (via female line)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for cousin is 表亲 (biǎo qīn), defined as: cousin (via female line).

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Characters and stroke order

表 biǎo

to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch

radical 145 ⾐ · 8 strokes

亲 qīn

relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree

radical 8 ⼇ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

親 qīn

Related words

Other words that share a character with 表亲.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
代表	dài biǎo	representative; delegate
表示	biǎo shì	(of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show
表现 (表現)	biǎo xiàn	to show; to show off
发表 (發表)	fā biǎo	to issue; to publish
表演	biǎo yǎn	play; show
表达 (表達)	biǎo dá	to express; to convey
母亲 (母親)	mǔ qīn	mother
父亲 (父親)	fù qīn	father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]

See also: Japanese symbol for “cousin”.

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.