Chinese symbol for “infant”
婴儿
yīng ér
Traditional: 嬰兒
infant; baby; 个 (gè); lead (Pb)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for infant is 婴儿 (yīng ér), defined as: infant; baby; 个 (gè); lead (Pb).
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 “infant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婴 (嬰) | yīng | infant; baby |
| 婴孩 (嬰孩) | yīng hái | infant |
| 幼儿 (幼兒) | yòu ér | young child; infant |
| 孩提 | hái tí | (literary) infant; young child |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 婴儿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婴幼儿 (嬰幼兒) | yīng yòu ér | baby |
| 女婴 (女嬰) | nǚ yīng | female baby |
| 男婴 (男嬰) | nán yīng | male baby |
| 婴孩 (嬰孩) | yīng hái | infant |
| 试管婴儿 (試管嬰兒) | shì guǎn yīng ér | test tube baby |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
| 儿童 (兒童) | ér tóng | child |
See also: Japanese symbol for “infant”.
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.