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Chinese symbol for “dressmaker”

裁缝
cái feng
Traditional: 裁縫
tailor; dressmaker

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dressmaker is 裁缝 (cái feng), defined as: tailor; dressmaker.

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

裁 cái
to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment
radical 145 ⾐ · 12 strokes
缝 feng
to sew, to mend
radical 120 ⽷ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 裁缝.

WordPinyinMeaning
总裁 (總裁)zǒng cáichairman; director-general (of a company etc)
制裁zhì cáito punish; punishment
独裁 (獨裁)dú cáidictatorship
裁决 (裁決)cái juéruling; adjudication
裁判cái pàn(law) to judge; to adjudicate; verdict; judgement; (sports) to referee
裁定cái dìngruling
裂缝 (裂縫)liè fèngcrack; crevice
缝隙 (縫隙)fèng xìsmall crack; chink

See also: Japanese symbol for “dressmaker”.

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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