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
Other Chinese words for “husband”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老公 | lǎo gōng | (coll.) husband |
| 夫 | fū | husband; man |
| 夫君 | fū jūn | (honorific) husband |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) |
| 良人 | liáng rén | husband (arch.) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 丈夫.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丈母娘 | zhàng mǔ niáng | wife's mother; mother-in-law |
| 大丈夫 | dà zhàng fu | a manly man; a man of character |
| 方丈 | fāng zhang | square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square); monastic room 10 feet square |
| 丈量 | zhàng liáng | to measure; measurement |
| 一落千丈 | yī luò qiān zhàng | lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom); fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline |
| 夫人 | fū ren | lady; madam |
| 夫妻 | fū qī | husband and wife; married couple |
| 夫妇 (夫婦) | fū fù | a (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.