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Chinese symbol for “informant”

报料人
bào liào rén
Traditional: 報料人
informant; news source

The closest CC-CEDICT match for informant is 报料人 (bào liào rén), defined as: informant; news source.

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

报 bào
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
料 liào
ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
radical 68 ⽃ · 10 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 报料人.

WordPinyinMeaning
报告 (報告)bào gàoto inform; to report
报道 (報道)bào dàoto report (news); report
报纸 (報紙)bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint
日报 (日報)rì bàodaily newspaper
情报 (情報)qíng bàoinformation; intelligence
报导 (報導)bào dǎoto report (in the media); (news) report
资料 (資料)zī liàomaterial; resources
材料cái liào(raw) material; data
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “informant”.

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.