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Chinese symbol for “sauna”

桑拿
sāng ná
(loanword) sauna

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sauna is 桑拿 (sāng ná), defined as: (loanword) sauna.

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

桑 sāng
mulberry tree; surname
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes
拿 ná
to bring, to grasp, to hold, to take
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “sauna”

WordPinyinMeaning
桑那sāng nàsauna (loanword)
三温暖 (三溫暖)sān wēn nuǎnsauna (loanword) (Tw)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 桑拿.

WordPinyinMeaning
沧桑 (滄桑)cāng sānggreat changes; ups and downs
桑巴sāng bāsamba (dance) (loanword)
桑树 (桑樹)sāng shùmulberry tree
沧海桑田 (滄海桑田)cāng hǎi sāng tiánlit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom); fig. the transformations of the world
桑那sāng nàsauna (loanword)
拿到ná dàoto get; to obtain
拿出ná chūto take out; to put out
拿来 (拿來)ná láito bring; to fetch

See also: Japanese symbol for “sauna”.

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.