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Chinese symbol for “fireman”

消防队员
xiāo fáng duì yuán
Traditional: 消防隊員
fireman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fireman is 消防队员 (xiāo fáng duì yuán), defined as: fireman.

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

消 xiāo
news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
防 fáng
to protect, to defend, to guard against
radical 170 ⾩ · 7 strokes
队 duì
team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people
radical 170 ⾩ · 5 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fireman”

WordPinyinMeaning
消防员 (消防員)xiāo fáng yuánfirefighter; fireman

Related words

Other words that share a character with 消防队员.

WordPinyinMeaning
消息xiāo xi(piece of) news; information; message
取消qǔ xiāoto cancel; to call off; to revoke; to rescind
消费 (消費)xiāo fèito consume (goods and services, resources etc)
消失xiāo shīto disappear; to fade away
消费者 (消費者)xiāo fèi zhěconsumer
消灭 (消滅)xiāo mièto put an end to; to annihilate
防止fáng zhǐto prevent; to guard against
预防 (預防)yù fángto prevent; to take precautions against
军队 (軍隊)jūn duìarmed forces; troops; measure word: 支 (zhī)
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “fireman”.

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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