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Chinese symbol for “humanity”

人类
rén lèi
Traditional: 人類
humanity; human race; mankind

The closest CC-CEDICT match for humanity is 人类 (rén lèi), defined as: humanity; human race; mankind.

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

人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
类 lèi
category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
radical 119 ⽶ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “humanity”

WordPinyinMeaning
人性rén xìnghuman nature; humanity
心肝xīn gāndarling; (in negative sentences) heart

Related words

Other words that share a character with 人类.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
个人 (個人)gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
人员 (人員)rén yuánstaff; crew
类似 (類似)lèi sìsimilar; analogous
类型 (類型)lèi xíngtype; kind; category; (computer programming) type

See also: Japanese symbol for “humanity”.

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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