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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.

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

侄 zhí
nephew
radical 9 ⼈ · 8 strokes
女 nǚ
woman, girl; female
radical 38 ⼥ · 3 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “niece”

WordPinyinMeaning
甥女shēng nǚsister's daughter; niece
犹女 (猶女)yóu nǚniece (old)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 侄女.

WordPinyinMeaning
侄子 (姪子)zhí zibrother's son; nephew
侄儿 (姪兒)zhí érsee 侄子 (zhí zi)
侄孙 (姪孫)zhí sūngrandnephew
侄孙女 (姪孫女)zhí sūn nǚgrand niece
表侄 (表姪)biǎo zhíson of a male cousin via female line
女人nǚ rénwoman
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex
女儿 (女兒)nǚ érdaughter

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.

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