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Chinese symbol for “gardener”

园丁
yuán dīng
Traditional: 園丁
gardener

The closest CC-CEDICT match for gardener is 园丁 (yuán dīng), defined as: gardener.

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

园 yuán
garden, park; orchard
radical 31 ⼞ · 7 strokes
丁 dīng
male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem
radical 1 ⼀ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “gardener”

WordPinyinMeaning
花匠huā jiànggardener

Related words

Other words that share a character with 园丁.

WordPinyinMeaning
公园 (公園)gōng yuánpark (for public recreation); measure word: 座 (zuò)
校园 (校園)xiào yuáncampus
花园 (花園)huā yuángarden (for flowers, ornamental plants etc); (landscaped) park; yard with decorative plants; measure word: 座 (zuò)
幼儿园 (幼兒園)yòu ér yuánkindergarten; nursery school
乐园 (樂園)lè yuánparadise
园区 (園區)yuán qūsite developed for a group of related enterprises; (industrial or technology) park
拉丁lā dīngLatin; (in former times) to press-gang
布丁bù dīngpudding (loanword)

See also: Japanese symbol for “gardener”.

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.