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Chinese symbol for “novelist”

小说家
xiǎo shuō jiā
Traditional: 小說家
novelist

The closest CC-CEDICT match for novelist is 小说家 (xiǎo shuō jiā), defined as: novelist.

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

小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes
说 shuō
to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
radical 149 ⾔ · 9 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “novelist”

WordPinyinMeaning
稗官bài guān(old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about; novel in the vernacular

Related words

Other words that share a character with 小说家.

WordPinyinMeaning
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction
小学 (小學)xiǎo xuéelementary school; primary school
小姐xiǎo jieyoung lady; miss
小组 (小組)xiǎo zǔgroup
小孩xiǎo háichild; 个 (gè)
说明 (說明)shuō míngto explain; to illustrate
说话 (說話)shuō huàto speak; to say
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state

See also: Japanese symbol for “novelist”.

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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