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Chinese symbol for “painter”

画家
huà jiā
Traditional: 畫家
painter; 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for painter is 画家 (huà jiā), defined as: painter; 个 (gè).

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

画 huà
picture, painting, drawing; to draw
radical 102 ⽥ · 8 strokes
家 jiā
house, home, residence; family
radical 40 ⼧ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “painter”

WordPinyinMeaning
画师 (畫師)huà shī(art) painter
涂家 (塗家)tú jiāpainter; artist

Related words

Other words that share a character with 画家.

WordPinyinMeaning
漫画 (漫畫)màn huàcomics; cartoon; caricature
动画 (動畫)dòng huàanimation; cartoon
画面 (畫面)huà miànscene; tableau
计画 (計畫)jì huàvariant of 计划 (jì huà)
绘画 (繪畫)huì huàto draw; to paint
国家 (國家)guó jiācountry; nation; state
大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family
家庭jiā tíngfamily; household; 户 (hù)

See also: Japanese symbol for “painter”.

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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