Chinese symbol for “policeman”
警员
jǐng yuán
Traditional: 警員
police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for policeman is 警员 (jǐng yuán), defined as: police officer; policeman (general term for any police officer); police constable (lowest rank in mainland China and Hong Kong).
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 “policeman”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巡捕 | xún bǔ | to patrol; policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) |
| 员警 (員警) | yuán jǐng | (Tw) police officer; policeman |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 警员.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 警方 | jǐng fāng | police |
| 警告 | jǐng gào | to warn; to admonish |
| 报警 (報警) | bào jǐng | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police |
| 预警 (預警) | yù jǐng | warning; early warning |
| 警报 (警報) | jǐng bào | (fire) alarm; alert signal |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; commission |
| 人员 (人員) | rén yuán | staff; crew |
See also: Japanese symbol for “policeman”.
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.