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Chinese symbol for “heroine”

女主人公
nǚ zhǔ rén gōng
heroine (of a novel or film); main female protagonist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for heroine is 女主人公 (nǚ zhǔ rén gōng), defined as: heroine (of a novel or film); main female protagonist.

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

女 nǚ
woman, girl; female
radical 38 ⼥ · 3 strokes
主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 女主人公.

WordPinyinMeaning
女人nǚ rénwoman
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
女儿 (女兒)nǚ érdaughter
女孩nǚ háigirl; lass
妇女 (婦女)fù nǚwoman
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier
人民rén mínthe people
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)

See also: Japanese symbol for “heroine”.

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.