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Chinese symbol for “loner”

独行侠
dú xíng xiá
Traditional: 獨行俠
loner; lone wolf

The closest CC-CEDICT match for loner is 独行侠 (dú xíng xiá), defined as: loner; lone wolf.

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

独 dú
alone, independent, only, single, solitary
radical 94 ⽝ · 9 strokes
行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
侠 xiá
chivalrous person; knight-errant
radical 9 ⼈ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “loner”

WordPinyinMeaning
落落难合 (落落難合)luò luò nán héa loner; someone who does not easily get along with others

Related words

Other words that share a character with 独行侠.

WordPinyinMeaning
独立 (獨立)dú lìindependent; independence
独特 (獨特)dú tèunique; distinctive
单独 (單獨)dān dúalone; by oneself
独自 (獨自)dú zìalone
孤独 (孤獨)gū dúlonely; solitary
独裁 (獨裁)dú cáidictatorship
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
武侠 (武俠)wǔ xiámartial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre); knight-errant

See also: Japanese symbol for “loner”.

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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