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Chinese symbol for “husband”

丈夫
zhàng fu
husband

The closest CC-CEDICT match for husband is 丈夫 (zhàng fu), defined as: husband.

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

丈 zhàng
gentleman, man, husband; unit of length equal to 3.3 meters
radical 1 ⼀ · 3 strokes
夫 fu
man, husband; worker; those
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “husband”

WordPinyinMeaning
老公lǎo gōng(coll.) husband
夫fūhusband; man
夫君fū jūn(honorific) husband
先生xiān shengteacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.)
良人liáng rénhusband (arch.)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 丈夫.

WordPinyinMeaning
丈母娘zhàng mǔ niángwife's mother; mother-in-law
大丈夫dà zhàng fua manly man; a man of character
方丈fāng zhangsquare zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square
丈量zhàng liángto measure; measurement
一落千丈yī luò qiān zhànglit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline
夫人fū renlady; madam
夫妻fū qīhusband and wife; married couple
夫妇 (夫婦)fū fùa (married) couple; husband and wife

See also: Japanese symbol for “husband”.

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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