Chinese symbol for “immigrant”
移民
yí mín
to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for immigrant is 移民 (yí mín), defined as: to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant; immigrant.
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 “immigrant”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 移民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 移动 (移動) | yí dòng | to move; movement |
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) |
| 迁移 (遷移) | qiān yí | to migrate; to move |
| 移植 | yí zhí | to transplant |
| 移交 | yí jiāo | to transfer; to hand over |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
See also: Japanese symbol for “immigrant”.
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.