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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “painter”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 画家.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 漫画 (漫畫) | màn huà | comics; cartoon; caricature |
| 动画 (動畫) | dòng huà | animation; cartoon |
| 画面 (畫面) | huà miàn | scene; tableau |
| 计画 (計畫) | jì huà | variant of 计划 (jì huà) |
| 绘画 (繪畫) | huì huà | to draw; to paint |
| 国家 (國家) | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; 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.