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Chinese symbol for “hairdresser”

美容师
měi róng shī
Traditional: 美容師
hairdresser; beautician (male)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for hairdresser is 美容师 (měi róng shī), defined as: hairdresser; beautician (male).

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

美 měi
beautiful, pretty; pleasing
radical 123 ⽺ · 9 strokes
容 róng
appearance, looks; form, figure; to contain, to hold
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes
师 shī
teacher, professional, master
radical 50 ⼱ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “hairdresser”

WordPinyinMeaning
美发师 (美髮師)měi fà shīhairdresser; beautician
理发师 (理髮師)lǐ fà shībarber; hairdresser
美容女měi róng nǚhairdresser (female); beautician
理发员 (理髮員)lǐ fà yuánbarber; hairdresser

Related words

Other words that share a character with 美容师.

WordPinyinMeaning
美元měi yuánAmerican dollar; US dollar
美丽 (美麗)měi lìbeautiful
完美wán měiperfect
美女měi nǚbeautiful woman
美好měi hǎobeautiful; fine
美食měi shículinary delicacy; fine food
内容 (內容)nèi róngcontent; substance; details; 项 (xiàng)
容易róng yìeasy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to
老师 (老師)lǎo shīteacher

See also: Japanese symbol for “hairdresser”.

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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