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Chinese symbol for “others”

别人
bié ren
Traditional: 別人
other people; others; other person

The closest CC-CEDICT match for others is 别人 (bié ren), defined as: other people; others; other person.

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

别 bié
to separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, mus
radical 18 ⼑ · 7 strokes
人 ren
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “others”

WordPinyinMeaning
他者tā zhěothers; (sociology, philosophy) the Other
其余 (其餘)qí yúthe rest; the others
异己 (異己)yì jǐdissident; alien

Related words

Other words that share a character with 别人.

WordPinyinMeaning
特别 (特別)tè biéunusual; special; very; especially; particularly
分别 (分別)fēn biéto part; to leave each other; to distinguish; to tell apart
区别 (區別)qū biédifference; to distinguish
别的 (別的)bié deelse; other
性别 (性別)xìng biésex; gender
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people

See also: Japanese symbol for “others”.

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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