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Chinese symbol for “nun”

出家人
chū jiā rén
monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for nun is 出家人 (chū jiā rén), defined as: monk; nun (Buddhist or Daoist).

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

出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “nun”

WordPinyinMeaning
姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出家人.

WordPinyinMeaning
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out
出版chū bǎnto publish
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
家庭jiā tíngfamily; household; 户 (hù)
人民rén mínthe people

See also: Japanese symbol for “nun”.

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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