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Chinese symbol for “personal”

私
sī
(bound form) personal; private; (bound form) selfish; (bound form) clandestine; (bound form) illicit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for personal is 私 (sī), defined as: (bound form) personal; private; (bound form) selfish; (bound form) clandestine; (bound form) illicit; (Internet slang) to send a private message to sb.

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

私 sī
personal, private, secret; selfish
radical 115 ⽲ · 7 strokes

Other Chinese words for “personal”

WordPinyinMeaning
个人 (個人)gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
私房sī fangpersonal; private
专属 (專屬)zhuān shǔto belong or be dedicated exclusively to; proprietary; private; personal
手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold
私人sī rénprivate; personal

Related words

Other words that share a character with 私.

WordPinyinMeaning
私人sī rénprivate; personal
隐私 (隱私)yǐn sīsecrets; private business
走私zǒu sīto smuggle; to have an illicit affair
自私zì sīselfish; selfishness
私下sī xiàin private
私营 (私營)sī yíngprivately-owned; private

See also: Japanese symbol for “personal”.

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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