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Chinese symbol for “reformatory”

感化院
gǎn huà yuàn
reformatory; reform school

The closest CC-CEDICT match for reformatory is 感化院 (gǎn huà yuàn), defined as: reformatory; reform school.

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

感 gǎn
to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense
radical 61 ⼼ · 13 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes
院 yuàn
court, yard, courtyard; school
radical 170 ⾩ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “reformatory”

WordPinyinMeaning
工读学校 (工讀學校)gōng dú xué xiàoreformatory; reform school

Related words

Other words that share a character with 感化院.

WordPinyinMeaning
感觉 (感覺)gǎn juéfeeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive
感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
感谢 (感謝)gǎn xièto thank; to be grateful
感受gǎn shòuto sense; perception
感情gǎn qíngemotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons
感染gǎn rǎnto infect; infection; (fig.) to influence
文化wén huàculture; civilization
变化 (變化)biàn huà(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation
医院 (醫院)yī yuànhospital; measure word: 所 (suǒ), 家 (jiā), 座 (zuò)

See also: Japanese symbol for “reformatory”.

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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