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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “programmer”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 烧写器 (燒寫器) | shāo xiě qì | programmer (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.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 过程 (過程) | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering; an engineering project |
| 程度 | chéng dù | degree; level; extent |
| 程序 | chéng xù | procedures; sequence |
| 课程 (課程) | kè chéng | course; academic program; measure word: 堂 (táng), 节 (jié), 门 (mén) |
| 进程 (進程) | jìn chéng | course of events; process; (computing) process (a running instance of a program) |
| 秩序 | zhì xù | order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) |
| 顺序 (順序) | shùn xù | sequence; order |
| 委员会 (委員會) | wěi yuán huì | committee; 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.