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Chinese symbol for “overpopulation”

人满为患
rén mǎn wéi huàn
Traditional: 人滿為患
packed with people; overcrowded; overpopulation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for overpopulation is 人满为患 (rén mǎn wéi huàn), defined as: packed with people; overcrowded; overpopulation.

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

人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes
满 mǎn
to fill; full, packed; satisfied
radical 85 ⽔ · 14 strokes
为 wéi
to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
radical 3 ⼂ · 4 strokes
患 huàn
suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 人满为患.

WordPinyinMeaning
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
人口rén kǒupopulation; people
个人 (個人)gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
人员 (人員)rén yuánstaff; crew
满足 (滿足)mǎn zúto satisfy; to meet (the needs of)
充满 (充滿)chōng mǎnfull of; brimming with
因为 (因為)yīn wèibecause; owing to; on account of
患者huàn zhěpatient; sufferer

See also: Japanese symbol for “overpopulation”.

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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