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Chinese symbol for “pedestrian”

行人
xíng rén
pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pedestrian is 行人 (xíng rén), defined as: pedestrian; traveler on foot; passer-by; official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor.

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

行 xíng
to go, to walk, to move; professional
radical 144 ⾏ · 6 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “pedestrian”

WordPinyinMeaning
行者xíng zhěpedestrian; walker
步行者bù xíng zhěpedestrian

Related words

Other words that share a character with 行人.

WordPinyinMeaning
进行 (進行)jìn xíng(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc)
举行 (舉行)jǔ xíngto hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
行为 (行為)xíng wéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
银行 (銀行)yín hángbank; measure word: 家 (jiā), 个 (gè)
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople

See also: Japanese symbol for “pedestrian”.

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.