Chinese symbol for “mermaid”
美人鱼
měi rén yú
Traditional: 美人魚
mermaid
The closest CC-CEDICT match for mermaid is 美人鱼 (měi rén yú), defined as: mermaid.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “mermaid”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 美人鱼.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful; fine |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
| 鱼类 (魚類) | yú lèi | fishes |
See also: Japanese symbol for “mermaid”.
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.