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Chinese symbol for “lady”

夫人
fū ren
lady; madam; Mrs.; measure word: 位 (wèi)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lady is 夫人 (fū ren), defined as: lady; madam; Mrs.; measure word: 位 (wèi).

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

夫 fū
man, husband; worker; those
radical 37 ⼤ · 4 strokes
人 ren
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lady”

WordPinyinMeaning
女士nǚ shìlady; madam
淑女shū nǚwise and virtuous woman; lady
贵妇 (貴婦)guì fùupper-class woman; lady (old)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 夫人.

WordPinyinMeaning
丈夫zhàng fuhusband
夫妻fū qīhusband and wife; married couple
夫妇 (夫婦)fū fùa (married) couple; husband and wife
功夫gōng fuskill; art
大夫dà fūsenior official (in imperial China)
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “lady”.

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.