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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “humanity”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 人类.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone; people |
| 人口 | rén kǒu | population; people |
| 个人 (個人) | gè rén | an individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
| 类似 (類似) | lèi sì | similar; analogous |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; 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.