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Chinese symbol for “native”

土人
tǔ rén
native; aborigine; clay figure

The closest CC-CEDICT match for native is 土人 (tǔ rén), defined as: native; aborigine; clay figure.

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

土 tǔ
soil, earth; items made of earth
radical 32 ⼟ · 3 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “native”

WordPinyinMeaning
人氏rén shìnative; person from a particular place
本土běn tǔone's native country; native
原生yuán shēngoriginal; primary
固有gù yǒuintrinsic to sth; inherent

Related words

Other words that share a character with 土人.

WordPinyinMeaning
土地tǔ dìland; soil
领土 (領土)lǐng tǔterritory
本土běn tǔone's native country; native
土壤tǔ rǎngsoil
国土 (國土)guó tǔcountry's territory; national land
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “native”.

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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