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Chinese symbol for “janitor”

看门人
kān mén rén
Traditional: 看門人
janitor; watchman

The closest CC-CEDICT match for janitor is 看门人 (kān mén rén), defined as: janitor; watchman.

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

看 kān
to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize
radical 109 ⽬ · 9 strokes
门 mén
gate, door, entrance, opening
radical 169 ⾨ · 3 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “janitor”

WordPinyinMeaning
清洁工 (清潔工)qīng jié gōngcleaner; janitor

Related words

Other words that share a character with 看门人.

WordPinyinMeaning
看到kàn dàoto see
看看kàn kanto take a look at; to examine
看见 (看見)kàn jiànto see; to catch sight of
看来 (看來)kàn laiapparently; it seems that
看法kàn fǎway of looking at a thing; view
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
部门 (部門)bù méndepartment; branch
专门 (專門)zhuān ménspecialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose)
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “janitor”.

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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