Chinese symbol for “dowager”
太夫人
tài fū rén
(old) dowager; old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dowager is 太夫人 (tài fū rén), defined as: (old) dowager; old lady (title for the mother of a noble or an official).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 太夫人.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 太阳 (太陽) | tài yang | sun; sunlight; sunshine |
| 太空 | tài kōng | outer space |
| 太太 | tài tai | married woman; Mrs. |
| 太子 | tài zǐ | crown prince |
| 太阳能 (太陽能) | tài yáng néng | solar energy |
| 老太太 | lǎo tài tai | elderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother |
| 丈夫 | zhàng fu | husband |
| 夫人 | fū ren | lady; madam |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dowager”.
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.