Chinese symbol for “niece”
侄女
zhí nǚ
Traditional: 姪女
brother's daughter; niece
The closest CC-CEDICT match for niece is 侄女 (zhí nǚ), defined as: brother's daughter; niece.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “niece”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 侄女.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侄子 (姪子) | zhí zi | brother's son; nephew |
| 侄儿 (姪兒) | zhí ér | see 侄子 (zhí zi) |
| 侄孙 (姪孫) | zhí sūn | grandnephew |
| 侄孙女 (姪孫女) | zhí sūn nǚ | grand niece |
| 表侄 (表姪) | biǎo zhí | son of a male cousin via female line |
| 女人 | nǚ rén | woman |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman; the female sex |
| 女儿 (女兒) | nǚ ér | daughter |
See also: Japanese symbol for “niece”.
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.