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Chinese symbol for “patient”

患者
huàn zhě
patient; sufferer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for patient is 患者 (huàn zhě), defined as: patient; sufferer.

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

患 huàn
suffering; misfortune; trouble; to suffer
radical 61 ⼼ · 11 strokes
者 zhě
that which; they who; those who
radical 125 ⽼ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “patient”

WordPinyinMeaning
病人bìng rénsick person; patient
病患bìng huànillness; disease
病者bìng zhěsick person; patient
病号 (病號)bìng hàosick personnel; person on the sick list
病员 (病員)bìng yuánsick personnel; person on the sick list

Related words

Other words that share a character with 患者.

WordPinyinMeaning
隐患 (隱患)yǐn huàna danger concealed within sth; hidden damage
患有huàn yǒuto contract (an illness); to be afflicted with
罹患lí huànto suffer (from an illness); to fall ill
病患bìng huànillness; disease
患病huàn bìngto fall ill
记者 (記者)jì zhěreporter; journalist; 个 (gè)
或者huò zhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps
作者zuò zhěauthor; writer

See also: Japanese symbol for “patient”.

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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