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Chinese symbol for “programmer”

程序员
chéng xù yuán
Traditional: 程序員
programmer

The closest CC-CEDICT match for programmer is 程序员 (chéng xù yuán), defined as: programmer.

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

程 chéng
process, rules; journey, trip; agenda, schedule
radical 115 ⽲ · 12 strokes
序 xù
order, sequence, series; preface
radical 53 ⼴ · 7 strokes
员 yuán
employee; member; personnel, staff
radical 30 ⼝ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “programmer”

WordPinyinMeaning
烧写器 (燒寫器)shāo xiě qìprogrammer (electronics)
程式员 (程式員)chéng shì yuán(Tw) programmer
程式师 (程式師)chéng shì shī(Tw) programmer

Related words

Other words that share a character with 程序员.

WordPinyinMeaning
过程 (過程)guò chéngcourse of events; process
工程gōng chéngengineering; an engineering project
程度chéng dùdegree; level; extent
程序chéng xùprocedures; sequence
课程 (課程)kè chéngcourse; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén)
进程 (進程)jìn chéngcourse of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
秩序zhì xùorder; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc)
顺序 (順序)shùn xùsequence; order
委员会 (委員會)wěi yuán huìcommittee; commission

See also: Japanese symbol for “programmer”.

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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