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Chinese symbol for “lad”

小伙子
xiǎo huǒ zi
Traditional: 小夥子
(coll.) young man; young fellow; lad

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lad is 小伙子 (xiǎo huǒ zi), defined as: (coll.) young man; young fellow; lad.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
伙 huǒ
companion, colleague; utensils
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes
子 zi
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
radical 39 ⼦ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “lad”

WordPinyinMeaning
小伙xiǎo huǒyoung guy; lad

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小伙子.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
伙伴huǒ bànvariant of 伙伴 (huǒ bàn)
家伙 (傢伙)jiā huovariant of 家伙 (jiā huo)
孩子hái zichild

See also: Japanese symbol for “lad”.

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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