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Chinese symbol for “princess”

公主
gōng zhǔ
princess

The closest CC-CEDICT match for princess is 公主 (gōng zhǔ), defined as: princess.

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

公 gōng
fair, equitable; public; duke
radical 12 ⼋ · 4 strokes
主 zhǔ
to own; to host; master; host; lord
radical 3 ⼂ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “princess”

WordPinyinMeaning
王妃wáng fēiprincess (in Europe)
格格gé geprincess (loanword from Manchu, used in the Qing Dynasty)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 公主.

WordPinyinMeaning
公司gōng sīcompany; firm; corporation; measure word: 家 (jiā)
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
公民gōng míncitizen
公布 (公佈)gōng bùvariant of 公布 (gōng bù)
公里gōng lǐkilometer
主要zhǔ yàomain; principal; major; primary
民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
主席zhǔ xíchairperson; premier

See also: Japanese symbol for “princess”.

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.