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Chinese symbol for “sanitary”

卫生
wèi shēng
Traditional: 衛生
hygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sanitary is 卫生 (wèi shēng), defined as: hygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation.

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

卫 wèi
to guard, to protect, to defend
radical 26 ⼙ · 3 strokes
生 shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
radical 100 ⽣ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “sanitary”

WordPinyinMeaning
卫浴 (衛浴)wèi yùsanitary (related to toilet and bathroom); bathroom

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卫生.

WordPinyinMeaning
卫星 (衛星)wèi xīng(aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon
保卫 (保衛)bǎo wèito defend; to safeguard
捍卫 (捍衛)hàn wèito defend; to uphold; to safeguard
卫视 (衛視)wèi shìsatellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视 (wèi xīng diàn shì))
防卫 (防衛)fáng wèito defend; defensive
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
生活shēng huóto live; life
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “sanitary”.

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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