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Chinese symbol for “personification”

拟人
nǐ rén
Traditional: 擬人
personification; anthropomorphism

The closest CC-CEDICT match for personification is 拟人 (nǐ rén), defined as: personification; anthropomorphism.

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

拟 nǐ
to draft, to plan; to intend
radical 64 ⼿ · 7 strokes
人 rén
man, person; people
radical 9 ⼈ · 2 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “personification”

WordPinyinMeaning
化身huà shēnincarnation; reincarnation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 拟人.

WordPinyinMeaning
模拟 (模擬)mó nǐimitation; to simulate
虚拟 (虛擬)xū nǐto imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical
拟定 (擬定)nǐ dìngto draw up; to draft
比拟 (比擬)bǐ nǐto compare; to draw a parallel
草拟 (草擬)cǎo nǐfirst draft; to draw up (a first version)
拟订 (擬訂)nǐ dìngto draw up (a plan)
人民rén mínthe people
人们 (人們)rén menpeople

See also: Japanese symbol for “personification”.

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.